03/07/2025
🧾 Why seeing a GP at Kiama Downs Should only costs you $14 to $18 out of pocket – once you reach Medicare’s Safety Net 🩺💰
The Medicare Safety Net saves some patients in our community hundreds & even thousands of dollars every year. Add anyone who lives with you (partner, kids, friend, parent) to your Medicare family account to reach the threshold faster.
📞 Just call Medicare on 132 011 (24/7) to link together.
If you have a concession card and spend over $834 out of pocket in a calendar year on care that Medicare helps with, Medicare will then cover 80% of the “gap fee” for the rest of the year!
- this includes GP visits, or other people your GP refers you to like psychologists, physios, specialists, and for scans & tests),
$834 is an awful lot, but it is just two trips to a cardiologist, paediatrician, endocrinologist or gynaecologist for most people!
💡 Once you reach the threshold your GP visit at Kiama Downs usually only costs $14 to $18 out of pocket that year - for 15 minutes to 30 minutes of your GP's time.
If you don't have a concession card the amount to spend to reach this is much higher, but hundreds of families in our area still reach the amount every year due to psychology and other specialist visits.
Some people in our community have saved $2000 a year after we told them about registering whoever lives under their roof so you reach the Safety Net together!
Better still, every GP visit here counts towards your Safety Net.
👨⚕️👩⚕️ The same rule applies to:
✔️ Private specialists
✔️ Psychologists if your GP has referred you for up to 10 visits a year
✔️ Physios, Audiologists, Occupational therapists, Speech therapists, and many more if your GP has referred you for up to 5 visits a year on your care plan.
✔️ Scans (MRI, ultrasound, x-rays)
✔️ Blood tests & pathology
🟢 The Safety Net protects all Australians from high out-of-pocket health costs - and it really works.
💬 Need help?
Click the link here to learn more! https://kiamadownsmedicalpractice.com.au/kiama-gp-appointments/ :~:text=The%20Extended%20Medicare%20Safety%20Net
