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Medicare
Medicare is Australia's public health care scheme. Benefits include
free treatment as a public (Medicare) patient in a public hospital and free or subsidised
treatment by practitioners such as doctors, including specialists, participating optometrists
or dentists (specified services only).
Medicare is available to all Australian citizens and anyone who has applied for or has a permanent visa.
Australia has a reciprocal agreement with some countries. Residents of the following
countries are entitled to restricted access to health cover while in Australia. For more
details on what is covered in this agreement, please refer to the
Medicare website or call 132 011.
Reciprocal Contries:-
Australia also has many private health insurers.
The cost and type of cover offered varies between
the different companies. The following
list is a selection of companies which offer health insurance.
HIAA (Broker) Phone: (02) 9699 1448
NIB Phone: 13 14 63
IMAN (for temporary residences) Phone: 1800 22 11 33
HCF Phone: 13 13 34.
Family Care Phone: (07) 3831-1800
Grand United Phone: (07) 3252-3407
I.O.R. Health Benefits Phone: (07) 3229-7366
MBF Phone: 131137
National Mutual Phone: 131243
Q Health Cover Phone: (07) 3221-6444
RediHealth Phone: (07) 3216-1701
Sunhealth Phone: (07) 3252-9718
Affordable Family Cover Phone: (07) 3879-3535
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