Australian Healthcare system

The scheme that subsidises the cost of some medicines

List the 3 main objectives of the Medicare system

Medicare is funded by....

• The federal government

• the state government

• Medicare levy

• Medicare levy & the federal government

An additional 1-1.5% levy for high income earns without private health insurance is....

• Medicare levy surcharge

• medicare levy

• PBS

Shorter waiting lists for surgery, choosing your own doctor and more services covered are advantages of what?

• Medicare

• Private health insurance

• PBS

Which services are covered by Medicare?

• treatment and accomodation as a public patient in a public hospital (for necessary treatment)

• Most procedures performed by GPs

• Ambulance services

• Home nursing

Explain the 'Lifetime Health Cover'

Private patients in both private and public hospitals receive 75% of the medicare schedule fee for services and procedures

• True

• False

Private health insurance has costs attached to it but medicare doesn't...

• True

• False