Juanita

Hello - boring technical question I'm afraid!

The HR officer in my new job in Oz seems to think that I can apply for medicare online via their website. I had a search around it but couldn't find any application forms. She said they would be under a link called 'forms' which actually doesn't exist. Has anyone done this in advance of setting off to Oz and if so can you recall where on the site the forms are located?

So supposing I can;t enroll on the medicare thingy b4 I get to Oz, are there any companies who will do travel insurance for one-way migrants. Call me paranoid, but I need to know that if I get hit by a truck as soon as I arrive I will not be landed with massive medical bills !

Juanita

ABCDiamond

You can go online and download the form, but you need to present proof of ID in person at a Medicare office.
http://www.hic.gov.au/yourhealth/forms/mf.htm

However, at the same link, you can register for the Medicare Safety Net online. But you need to be registered for Medicare first. (This may be what you HR person was thinking of)


If you do get hit by that truck, you should be covered by the basic reciprocal medical cover system. http://www7.health.gov.au/hsdd/rcsap...h/2000hlth.htm