Does australia have free healthcare?

Funding of the health system in Australia is a combination of government funding and private health insurance. Government funding is through the Medicare scheme, which subsidizes out-of-hospital medical treatment and funds free universal access to hospital treatment. ... Healthcare is only 9% of Australia's GDP. read more

Health care in Australia is delivered as a mixed system: universal health care (public) and private providers (insurance). The majority of Australia's health care is provided publicly (hospitals and primary health care eg General Practitioners) with the remaining provided by the private sector (private hospitals, allied health care such as physiotherapy and dental). read more

The Australian healthcare system The Australian population has a fantastic overall health record, with life expectancy at birth set at over 81 years of age, the 11th highest in the world. Healthcare in Australia follows Western traditions with technical and scientific skills used to prevent, examine and treat ill health. read more