In reply: What Carroll says is correct, but Section 3.6 of the general explanatory notes of the Medicare benefits schedule book also states that "The only exception to this is where a person has entered into a reimbursement arrangement with a compensation insurer. In such cases a Medicare benefit is not payable".1
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- 1. Medicare benefits schedule book. General explanatory notes. Section 3.6. Canberra: Department of Health and Aged Care, 1 November 2001.
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