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What is a Medicare Card?

Reviewed and updated 3 April 2024

When you enrol in Medicare, you are given a Medicare Card.

It is a plastic card similar in size to a credit card. It is proof you are enrolled in Medicare.

Your Medicare Card records your Medicare Number, name, IRN (individual reference number) and the date your card will expire.

It looks like this:

It allows you to access health services that the Australian Government provides at no cost or reduced cost.

Your card is valid for 5 years.

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