Save on healthcare

01.Introduction

It’s bad enough having a condition that requires you to use the healthcare system, without feeling the pain in your wallet too. Here are seven ways to save yourself some cash, and make the health system (and your tax contributions) work for you:

• Register as a family for the medicare safety net 
• Use medical practitioners who bulk-bill 
• Have scans and x-rays done at registered practices 
• If you're in a public hospital, be a public patient 
• Claim medical expenses in your tax return 
• Ask for an enhanced primary care plan 
• Buy generics and use the PBS safety net system to save money on meds

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