Definition of "Medicare"

Medicare benefits are available to all persons ordinarily resident in Australia with the exception of members of foreign diplomatic missions and their dependants.

1984, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Year Book Australia: No. 68, 1984‎, page 190

All Australians are covered by Medicare, which is a universal insurance system controlled by the Australian Government through Commonwealth–State Health Care Agreements.

2008, Jackie Crisp, Catherine Taylor, Potter and Perry′s Fundamentals of Nursing, page 25

Aside from Medicare, Australia′s universal health care system, most other support is income- or means-tested, depending on the level of income and assets of the care recipient, with some residents required to pay a daily fee to contribute to their care.

2010, Elizabeth MacKinlay, Ageing and Spirituality Across Faiths and Cultures‎, page 229