More than $110 million in unpaid Medicare rebates

Medicare

Medicare Source: AAP

About 670,000 Australians need to update their bank account details with the government to access more than $110 million of unclaimed Medicare rebates.


More than $110 million of Medicare rebates is sitting unclaimed because some Australians have not provided their bank account details to the government.

Human Services Minister Michael Keenan says about 670,000 people are owed money, despite Australians being "constantly" reminded to update their details.

Changing the details takes just a couple of minutes and will allow thousands of people to get a "handy financial windfall", he said.

 

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