Could I apply for a health card? The low-income health care card is available to all low income earners regardless of age who can satisfy an income test that is monitored and regulated by Centrelink.

The result could be that many Low Income Health Care Cards will be cancelled in the coming week. Currently, the full value of an account-based superannuation pension or commonly referred to as an ...

and he said that if your pension is cancelled on 1 January 2017 you will lose your Pensioner Concession Card but you will receive a Low Income Health Care Card. Furthermore, if you are over age ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Central Queensland. Followed categories will be added to My News. Human Services Minister Kim Carr said the new renewal system would remove another obstacle to ...

Australia spends about 1.5 per cent less of its national income on health care than Canada. As in Canada, costs are rising about 6 per cent annually. Australian politicians are fretting about the ...

In addition to the low-income health-care card, there is also a Commonwealth seniors health card (CSHC). This is available to people of pension age - 65 for men and 63 for women - who do not ...

"We have the highest proportion of people with health care cards ... heart disease, low birth weights and respiratory illnesses. "The most recent figures that came out from [Australian Institute ...

Doctors have condemned the growing number of health ... card". But Australian Medical Association president Kerryn Phelps said yesterday that the system of concession cards to low-income earners ...

In last week’s budget, the Albanese government provided almost $70m in funding to increase the income threshold for the seniors’ health ... The card is available to Australian residents ...

Between March 2014 and December 2015, the percentage of residents with a Low Income Health Care Card in the federal ... as Holden prepares to withdraw from Australian manufacturing in 2017 ...

For many from low-income immigrant communities ... to obtain a green card if they’ve sought government help — which includes any form of government health care — people had been dropping ...

A major report into telecommunications affordability by the Australian Communications Consumer Action ... which was based on a survey of more than 500 Centrelink recipients and low-income Health Care ...