Sorry I don't know either. My guess would be that they would have a medicare card and be entitled to a concession on their meds as long as they were on the PBS list. I think in the UK though pensioners would be entitled to free prescriptions, as are children. I have to pay for my youngest sons prescriptions. My eldest has a healthcare card as he is autistic.

I've merged your thread with a couple of recent ones as there are some links here that might help

Hi All !!

Just read through this thread so I think I now understand correctly how all this works. We have only been here 7 weeks, registered at the docs today. We are all in good health so not many issues apart from myself. I'm on blood pressure tabs, 2.5 mg.

When I popped into the docs I asked how much prescriptions are, receptionist said it's $67 for the consultation........as we have medicare sorted out i presume that we can claim back the $67 and i just pay for my tabs at the chemist?? I still have a months supply left so have a few weeks to figure it all out.

Thanks in advance

You presume wrong

You will get some of it back...about half.

Really?? Oh well, lets hope they prescribe more that 1 month at a time!! Could be very expensive otherwise..............

You can claim back a portion of the GP visit from Medicare. The prescription is usually covered by PBS and has a maximum price that it is payable by the consumer. We did some comparison shopping and found out we can save around $80 a month by having our prescriptions filled at Chemist Warehouse.

If you go to the Chemist Warehouse website for the PBS website and type in your drug name you can find out how much you have to pay out of pocket at the chemist and the PBS website usually says what the maximum number of repeats are available for the drug as well.

Thanks

You should get repeat scripts. The doc can issue up to 6 months at a time, in 1 month lots. Every month you fill the script the chemist gives you a new one for the repeat, until you have had 6 months' worth. Then you go back to the doc.

My doctor prescribes my heart meds with enough repeats to last a year. Prescriptions are valid for 12 months.