Medicare??

[MrsBexie]

Hi all!

So on my application for BB and FTB there was something about medicare?? Do I need to fill out something seperate for medicare to get DD on my card?? I was under the impression the form I filled in meant I would get a new card sent to me and DD is almost 13 weeks old and still no card.

TIA

[Jennie13]

Im pretty sure theres another form for it?! I cant remember now. But on the BB or FTB form you have to do over the net im pretty sure they ask for the child reference number on the card, so you would have to know fot that? I probably confused you more lol sorry! Hope somebody comes in and helps you out

p.s. It was ME! who won your comp on FB

[MrsBexie]

Im pretty sure theres another form for it?! I cant remember now. But on the BB or FTB form you have to do over the net im pretty sure they ask for the child reference number on the card, so you would have to know fot that? I probably confused you more lol sorry! Hope somebody comes in and helps you out

p.s. It was ME! who won your comp on FB

No way?? Really thats awesome!!!! you will have to email me! Gotta to take more pics for you of fabric, and i have some awesome ones coming too! Lol.
Off topic!

Maybe i will call medicare on monday?


Sent from my iPhone so sorry for the spelling and punctuation!!

[Jennie13]

totally off topic yep ill email you

Yeah ring them they will be able to tell you what to do

[TeniBear]

Hmm, let me know how this goes - I thought they were automatically added to Medicare once those forms were sent in...


Sent from my iPhone so forgive the speelung misstacks

[MrsBexie]

Lol replied!

And its decided... I shall call monday!


Sent from my iPhone so sorry for the spelling and punctuation!!

[MrsBexie]

Teni bear: thats what i thought!!! I swear something on the form says something about medicare.

I'll keep you posted!


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[Little Chicken]

I think you have to go into medicare to do it. I did anyway with my 2

[briggsy's girl]

it should be automatically done when you lodge the form. if you send it in the replied paid envelope, or lodge at medicare, it's done before it goes to c'link. if it goes to c'link first (so you drop at an office) it may be filed without passing it on to the medicare team to process their part. it would be unintentional, but with all the additional flood/cyclone processing at the moment, staff are run off their feet and working on auto-pilot to catch up, so things may be filed without checking medicare part has been done

[Beautiful Disaster]

I took my form to Medicare cause my Dr doesn't bulk bill unless on card and bubba had apt 1wk post birth then I took to centrelink myself cause I wanted to make sure it got there. The lady at Medicare/family ass office said they send it off after they do their bit but luckily DH hadn't signed it so she had to give it back.

I think what BG said has prob happened.

[MrsBexie]

damn.. It has probably been overlooked then cause it took almost 2 months to process my form with C/L anyways!!

[briggsy's girl]

do you have her birth certificate now from births deaths and marriages? you should be able to use that to register he in your local office

[DANNIIM]

From memory they took ages to send out our new medicare card when we had DS2 maybe ring and check first.

[MrsBexie]

I don't have her birth cert yet cause I sent in forms but lost the payment form cause I forgot to put the payment details on! LOL... and I am lazy getting more stuff signed

[Beautiful Disaster]

That's exactly what they did with me and I got the plastic card a week later.

Me too although pays to check spelling when u there I had to get 2 new cards cause DS last name is apparently spelt diff to DH and I Hehe

[crumpet]

i thought it would automatically be added but i to waited and waited, i went into medicare while i happened to be walking past one and it was done on the spot, like i think it was sconeonmission, they issued me with a paper tempory thing and my cards came about 10 days later

[BeautifulMadness]

i thought it was all done on the forms u get?

half the time its betterj ust going in and doing it urself