Rosa

OK thanks will check that out.

Also can anyone give me a rough figure of what annual insurance for a 70 year old with no pre existing

conditions might be? 

Thanks for that. This is all important information and I appreciate it

Thats excellent advice, thanks so much. The ways I'm going to be financially worse off seem to be endless

and with the rate of exchange it's just getting worse. Three years ago it all looked so much more hopeful.

Yes that had occurred to me. I already pay a monthly dental insurance 

of £30 - is that comparable do you know, but I get free annual eye tests because of family glaucoma

would that also be true in australia?

That was really helpful. Thank you. 

I'm still waiting for my Contrib. Parental 143 visa to come through, at least another 6 mths probably, but in the meantime I am doing more sums and trying to work out how much extra I might need to supplement Medicare. I am 70, very fit and well and rarely use a doctor. What is the point apart from ambulance cover?