Medicare Rebates Made Easy
Type: Union News Subject: Work and Family
3 October 2006
Claiming Medicare rebates will be quicker and easier from next year.
Patients will be able to claim rebates electronically at the doctor’s surgery and have the money credited to their bank account within 24 hours.
That will mark a massive improvement on the current system where patients often have to queue at Medicare offices and wait weeks for refunds.
Staff in doctors’ surgeries will swipe patients’ Medicare and EFTPOS cards.
The Prime Minister said the new system would greatly benefit the 80,000 people who stand in Medicare queues each day.
Taxpayers will also save, with processing costs expected to fall from $3.50 to just a few cents per rebate.
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