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our health in our hands clinical care introduction general practitioner aboriginal health workers enhanced primary care medicare < medicare Medicare Australia is seeking to enrol and identify Indigenous people so that the health needs of Indingeous people can be better identified and targeted. Indigenous people's access to Medicare is estimated to be only around 41% of that for non-Indigenous people. The reasons for this include a lack of GPs who bulk-bill and perceived racism when attending a GP clinic. Pangula Mannamurna is attempting to counteract this in a number of ways, including: providing GP services directly, in association with an AHW; bulk-billing for its services; and working with the Limestone Coast Division of General Practice. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Medicare enrolment and amendment form can be used to enrol with Medicare, change your contact details, add a child to your card or to ask for a replacement card. To view an enrolment form, click on the link below: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Medicare enrolment and amendment form The form has been specifically developed for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. It includes a proof of identity section, which can be used if you do not have any form of ID. It also has a section where you can identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. You can find out more about the identifier on pages 16 and 18 of Well & Good magazine. To view the magazine, click on the link below: Good & Well magazine (2.1 Mb) Ask your health worker or visit a Medicare office if you want to use the form. Back to Top Page last updated on 27 December 2006. http://www.pangula.org.au/clinic5.html