Australia operates a hybrid healthcare model built upon two core pillars. The first is Medicare, a universal publicly funded healthcare system financed through general taxation and a 2 percent Medicare levy, which covers free or subsidized treatment in public hospitals and visits to general practitioners. The second pillar is a thriving private health insurance market that operates alongside Medicare, offering supplementary hospital and extras cover backed by government incentives like the private health insurance rebate and the Medicare Levy Surcharge.
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