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Australian Health System

Reviewed and updated 1 December 2025

In this Guide, we provide an overview of the Australian Health System, as well as answer your most common questions.

The Australian Health System is complex because it is a mixture of universal public health system (Medicare) and private system (private health insurance).

This Guide helps you understand:

  • how the Australian health system works
  • the organisations that make up the system
  • the health professionals who work in the system.

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