Medicare Flashcards
Medicare
ensures all Australian’s have access to free or low cost medical, optometrical and hospital care whilst being free to choose private health services
Medicare provides access to
free treatment as a public pt in a public hospital
free subsidised treatment by practitioners such as doctors, specialists, optometrists or dentists
Medicare levy
1.5 % of taxable income
Private health insurance rebate
a percentage of the premium paid to a registered health fund for appropriate private health insurance cover
rebate is not affected by level of income
Medicare levy surcharge
individuals and families on incomes above the medicare levy surcharge thresholds, who do not have private health insurance, may have to may a surcharge 1%
Health care System
a diverse rang of economic, social, technological, legal, constitutional and political factors
PBS
government program that benefits Australians by subsidising medicines to make them more affordable
Reciprocal Health Care Agreement countries:
New Zealand, UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Malta, Italy
TGA
Therapeutic Goods Admin
What does TGA do
classifies medicines in a scheduling system that determines where you can get your meds
Political Solutions to health organisation issues
local boards with CEOs to run hospitals
extra funding
centralised health plan needs to be formed
local delivery
