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Medicare

Medicare is the Australian publicly funded universal health care system. When eligible, you can access a range of medical services for free including care as a patient in a public hospital or lower cost prescriptions. How does it work, who is eligible, and how to enrol?


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By Audery Bourget

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Medicare is the Australian publicly funded universal health care system. When eligible, you can access a range of medical services for free including care as a patient in a public hospital or lower cost prescriptions. How does it work, who is eligible, and how to enrol?



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