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Medicare: enrol, manage your card, understand costs

Medicare is Australia's public health insurance. Citizens, New Zealand citizens, permanent residents and some others can enrol. Use these guides to check eligibility, prepare your enrolment, replace a card or understand bulk billing.

Official site: Medicare on Services Australia ↗

Guides and tools

Sources: Services Australia — Medicare.

Page updated 25 October 2026. Rules change — confirm current details on the official site. Public Services Desk is independent and is not a government agency; we cannot lodge or process applications. General information, not legal, financial or immigration advice.