Medicare Safety Net
What is the Medicare Safety Net?
The Medicare Safety Net is a government initiative that supports those who have high out-of-pocket medical costs each calendar year.
Once an individual/family reaches a certain amount of total out-of-pocket expenses incurred throughout the year from non-hospital related visits (for example, GP visits), their Medicare rebates for attending more medical visits become higher.
This way, individuals/families get more money back after having many Medicare-related consultations.
This initiative includes our practice: for each visit at Sandy Hill Medical Centre, you get closer to reaching that threshold to be eligible for higher rebates!
How it works
More information can be found on the Services Australia website.
