Subsidised Services for Pensioners
Bulk-billed hearing tests and Hearing services
To be eligible for bulk billed hearing tests you must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident over the age of 21, and either :-
- A Pensioner Concession Card holder
- receiving Sickness Allowance from Centrelink
- the holder of a Gold Repatriation Health Card issued for all conditions
- the holder of a White Repatriation Health Card issued for conditions including hearing loss
- a dependent of a person in one of the above categories
- a member of the Australian Defence Force
- part of the Australian Government funded Disability Employment Services (DES) - Disability Management Service, and you are referred by your Disability Employment Services case manager.
You are also eligible to receive bulk-billed hearing services through a different Government program if you are an Australian citizen or permanent resident and you are :-
- under the age of 26, with a diagnosed aid-able hearing loss
- an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander who is over the age of 50
- An Indigenous participant in the Remote Jobs and Community program
- a former Indigenous participant in a Community Development Employment Projects program, who received hearing services prior to June 30, 2013.