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Medicare for kids in Port Macquarie
Eligible children aged 0 to 18 are bulk billed under Medicare’s Child Dental Benefits Schedule, so there’s nothing to pay for covered services. Check your child’s eligibility in myGov or the Express Plus Medicare app, and bring their Medicare card.
- Bulk billed for eligible children aged 0 to 18
- Bring their Medicare card
- The same dentist every visit
If your child isn’t eligible, we work with every health fund that uses HICAPS to keep the gap down.
Port Macquarie
Welcome to Star Dental Care, a Bulk Bill dentist Port Macquarie for all eligible patients, Children up to the age of 18 years.
Sadly Bulk Billing for ADULT dental care is no longer offered by the Federal Government through Medicare
Star Dental Care is a Bulk Bill dentist in Port Macquarie that Bulk Bills Medicare for all the services that we perform under the Child Dental Benefit Scheme.
Star Dental Care, a Bulk Bill dentist Port Macquarie, welcomes all children to a warm and caring environment providing outstanding facilities and services specifically designed to cater to children. There are NO out-of-pocket expenses or gap payments for Bulk Bill services under the Child Dental Benefit Scheme.
PLEASE NOTE, There is no longer any Bulk Billing for Adult Dental Services since the Rudd / Gillard Labor Party voted to end the Medicare Adult Dental Scheme.
We still Bulk Bill all eligible patients but unfortunately, this does not include anyone over 18 years of age. This is the same for all private dentists in Australia.
CHILD DENTAL BENEFITS
1. Medicare Eligibility
Each child must be eligible to claim Medicare Benefits
i.e. have a Medicare Number
2. Age Eligibility
For a child to receive these benefits they must be aged between 2 and 17 for the period of at least one day during the calendar year
3. Means Test Eligibility
In conjunction with Medicare and Age eligibility, children MUST also be part of a family receiving Family Tax Benefit Part A OR a range of other government payments including:
- Abstudy
- Youth Allowance
- Parenting Payment
- Disability Support Pension
- Carer Payment
- Special Benefit
- Double Orphan Pension
- Veteran’s Children Education Scheme
- Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act Education and Training Scheme.
- Any surgical or invasive procedure carries risks.
- Before proceeding, you should seek a second opinion
- from another qualified registered Dental Surgeon.
- Dr Jeremy Rourke B.D.S. (Hons) Sy`d. Univ.
- Dental Surgeon
This is general information. Dr Rourke will tell you what suits your own teeth at your appointment.