Hi Mazza, mine was private (couldn't wait any more for public) & approx costs (from memory) were: $1100 private hospital, $450 gyn, $300 anaesth, (+ aptmts to gyn). Only 1 of these was claimable thru m/care (gyn or anaesth, can't remember), however I'm claiming all of this with my tax. Now if I remember correctly, for every $ over $1500, that you are out of pocket for for medical expenses (GP/Specialist/Hospital public & private/dental/optical + glasses/surgery/chiro/physio/prescriptions), you can claim on your tax, however you MUST have receipts. For scripts, I had to try to remember every chemist I'd been to & ring them for a 'tax invoice/print-out'. I'm still chasing doco's but hope to get a fair bit back. You only get back a proportion (eg: 25%), but every $ counts.