Australian Medicare Prescription Charges 2024

Prescription Costs in 2024.

Medicare Prescription Charges have a maximum price that can be charged to Medicare Card holders.  These are the subsidised prices so that most people pay less than the actual cost of the medicine.

People with a concession card, health care card or other concession card, pay … Read the rest

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Medibank Cash Back.

Private Health Insurance Australia

Medibank, a major Australian Private Health Insurer, made $441.2 million annual net profit last financial year.

Medibank customers will soon be receiving cash back payments ranging up to $667.

Milosh Milisavljevic, from Medibank, said their commitment was to ensure they would not profit from the pandemic … Read the rest

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Psychologist visits to be cut from 20 to 10.

ALP reducing the number of Psychologist visits from 20 to 10.

ALP Health Minister Mark Butler said that Mental Health patients would only be able to claim Medicare rebates for 10 visits to a psychologist from next year, down from the 20 that people have been able to access since … Read the rest

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Discounts for Aged in Australia.

Changes to Commonwealth Seniors Health Card (CSHC).

November 2022

CSHC income test limits have now been increased to $90,000 for a single person (up from $61,284) and $144,000 for couples (up from $98,054), but you still must meet residency requirements and be of Age Pension age.… Read the rest

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Out of Pocket Health Expenditure

What is Out of Pocket Health Expenditure?

As a private patient your total out of pocket costs will be the sum of all hospital charges, doctors’ fees and fees from other providers, minus any Medicare or private health insurance payments.

Examples are shown at: www.health.gov.au

An out of pocket cost … Read the rest

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Insulin Costs in Australia.

An example of Insulin Costs in Australia.

As at September 2022.

Insulin Novorapid FlexPen 3mL 5 x 5.

Private Prescription Price.
$217.95

Discounted Medicare Price.
$41.50

Concession Holders PBS Price.
$5.80

Safety Net Price.
$0.00

These prices were obtained from a national chain of Chemists in Australia during September 2022.Read the rest

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Medicare Levy Surcharge

Medicare Levy Surcharge in Australia.

The Medicare levy surcharge (MLS) was introduced to encourage individuals to take out private hospital cover and reduce demand on the public Medicare system. This should free up Public Medical facilities and reduce waiting times.

The Medicare levy surcharge is in addition to the Medicare … Read the rest

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Medicare Prescription Cost Reduction 2022.

Prescription Charges to be Reduced by $12.50.

During the Election campaign the Labor party committed to lowering the PBS Medicines General Co-payment by $12.50 per script, instead of the $10 reduction planned by the previous Liberal government.

The effect of this is that the maximum someone should pay for prescriptions … Read the rest

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Blood Donations and Mad Cow Disease.

Information from the Australian Red Cross Lifeblood.

Donating blood if you have lived in the UK.

Lifeblood currently can’t take blood donations from people who lived in the UK, for six months or more, from 1 January 1980 to 31 December 1996.

This is due to the Mad Cow disease … Read the rest

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Tuberculosis and Australian Immigration

Immigration to Australia with Tuberculosis (TB).

Tuberculosis can cause issues for people that suffer from TB, with Australia having a policy to keep TB out of Australia if possible.

A statement from Australian Immigration regarding TB is:

If you have active tuberculosis we can’t grant you a visa until you Read the rest

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