Are TAC clients entitled to Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) medications?
TAC clients are entitled to medications under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). The TAC expects that clients will present their Medicare card, and Healthcare card if applicable, to the dispensing pharmacist. See also the PBS information on the Medicare Australia website. The TAC considers that where a client is entitled to use the PBS, the reasonable cost of medications is the charge set out in the PBS. The TAC can fund all the normal patient contribution charges set out in the PBS including brand or therapeutic premiums. Non-Australian residents, including overseas visitors who are receiving TAC funded medical services within Australia (with the exception of visitors from countries with Reciprocal Health Care Agreements with Australia such as the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Italy, Malta, and the Republic of Ireland), are not entitled to use the PBS. The TAC will be liable for the full reasonable retail cost of prescription drugs in such instances
