Advice re minor operation..
Hi Everyone and Happy New Year!
I have just be told ( on 28th December) that I need a minor operation... We have flights booked, dogs flights booked, removal company etc all set for us to fly 15th Jan so there is no way (even if I use our savings) to get it done even privately... So, my question is, how easy or otherwise will it be to get this op done on Tassie. How does it work with the insurance etc? HELP! Cathy. |
Re: Advice re minor operation..
Originally Posted by cathy_rainbow
(Post 5719212)
Hi Everyone and Happy New Year!
I have just be told ( on 28th December) that I need a minor operation... We have flights booked, dogs flights booked, removal company etc all set for us to fly 15th Jan so there is no way (even if I use our savings) to get it done even privately... So, my question is, how easy or otherwise will it be to get this op done on Tassie. How does it work with the insurance etc? HELP! Cathy. |
Re: Advice re minor operation..
Originally Posted by cathy_rainbow
(Post 5719212)
Hi Everyone and Happy New Year!
I have just be told ( on 28th December) that I need a minor operation... We have flights booked, dogs flights booked, removal company etc all set for us to fly 15th Jan so there is no way (even if I use our savings) to get it done even privately... So, my question is, how easy or otherwise will it be to get this op done on Tassie. How does it work with the insurance etc? HELP! Cathy. |
Re: Advice re minor operation..
Originally Posted by chris and farideh
(Post 5719566)
If you qualify for medicare, than take the letter that you have received in UK, to your new GP in Australia show her that you were due to have the operation back in UK, but you werent going to be there, they then refer you to the hospital, again take letter with you, then they book you for op, the waiting time isnt as long as UK one's.
Cathy |
Re: Advice re minor operation..
If you are a Pom there is a reciprocal medical arrangement for "necessary" medical treatment. You wander along to the medicare office, register and get your card. If what you are after is elective surgery then I am not sure if that is covered. It also would not be covered by private insurance because, as someone has said already, it is a pre-existing condition. For example, in Aus, things like gall bladder removal, tonsil removal etc are generally considered elective.
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Re: Advice re minor operation..
Originally Posted by cathy_rainbow
(Post 5719945)
sorry to be dim, but how do you qualify for medicare??
Cathy |
Re: Advice re minor operation..
Originally Posted by cathy_rainbow
(Post 5719945)
sorry to be dim, but how do you qualify for medicare??
Cathy I was on 137 PR, & I was cover for a major operation, & didnt have to pay penny for it. |
Re: Advice re minor operation..
Originally Posted by hoofie2002
(Post 5721139)
If your 136 visa is a permanent visa [not sure !] then you are eligible for medicare. Just wander into a medicare office a couple of days after you arrive and fill in the paperwork.
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Re: Advice re minor operation..
have a look on the medicare site and may be contact them...they will let you know what to do...good luck.....stay well....
http://www.medicareaustralia.gov.au/ |
Re: Advice re minor operation..
Originally Posted by Tiawamutu
(Post 5721566)
You do need your tax file number first though
Cheers Steve |
Re: Advice re minor operation..
Originally Posted by lonndongeek
(Post 5722327)
When I arrived on 1st August this year I signed up for Medicare the same afternoon. I didn't get a TFN until about 3 weeks later once ATO believed that I really had arrived in Oz.
Cheers Steve |
Re: Advice re minor operation..
Originally Posted by chris and farideh
(Post 5721478)
What type visa are you coming over with?
I was on 137 PR, & I was cover for a major operation, & didnt have to pay penny for it. Our visa is a Permanant Residency one so it all sems ok. I was imagining the worst! Cathy |
Re: Advice re minor operation..
Originally Posted by cathy_rainbow
(Post 5722757)
Thanks for that guys!
Our visa is a Permanant Residency one so it all sems ok. I was imagining the worst! Cathy Good luck. :thumbsup: |
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