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Health Care Card

If you are eligible for a Health Care Card, you may be eligible for a TAFE fee concession. As a Health Care Card holder you could get a significant concession on fees, reducing your tuition fees to as little as $50 to $188 for the year, depending on your level of study.

The effective date of your Health Care Card will affect your fee concession eligibility:

• If you commenced your program after 1 July 2009, your Health Care Card start date must be on or before the first scheduled class of the term
• If you commenced your program before 1 July 2009, your Health Care Card start date must be before the last census date in the term.

You do not have to be receiving a Centrelink payment to get a Health Care Card. Provided you meet Australian residency requirements and satisfy the income test you may be eligible for a Low Income Health Care Card.

If you are receiving Abstudy, Austudy or Youth Allowance (student) benefits you need to apply separately for a Health Care Card and must also satisfy the income test.

Others benefits of holding a Health Care Card:

1. You can get a concession on public transport.
2. You could get a number of other concessions outside of RMIT, including cheaper health care, cheaper prescription medicines, concession on car registration and more.

Applying for a Health Care Card

You can apply for a Health Care Card through Centrelink on tel. 13 2490.