I had to produce my passport to get some medicine for my cold.
Chris worked in Australia for ten years.
It's cheaper for me to fly to Bali than to see a doctor and buy the medication.
Don't you have a Medicare card he asked.
I don't.
I don't have enough I.D for that.
But you have a passport.
Yes I do, I said but I don't have 100 points to either get a Medicare card or open up a bank account.
But if you are a foreigner on a working holiday, you can open up as many bank accounts as you want with a passport and you are eligible for a Medicare card.
I pay my levies for the health card.
I've not been able to use it.
So if I need a course of antibiotics, I tell Chris, I'll just fly to Bali.
It works out cheaper by about twenty bucks and I get a holiday too.
Chris just can't believe what he's hearing. He doesn't want to believe.
Australia is the promised land, for foreigners at least, I correct him.
Chris worked in Australia for ten years.
It's cheaper for me to fly to Bali than to see a doctor and buy the medication.
Don't you have a Medicare card he asked.
I don't.
I don't have enough I.D for that.
But you have a passport.
Yes I do, I said but I don't have 100 points to either get a Medicare card or open up a bank account.
But if you are a foreigner on a working holiday, you can open up as many bank accounts as you want with a passport and you are eligible for a Medicare card.
I pay my levies for the health card.
I've not been able to use it.
So if I need a course of antibiotics, I tell Chris, I'll just fly to Bali.
It works out cheaper by about twenty bucks and I get a holiday too.
Chris just can't believe what he's hearing. He doesn't want to believe.
Australia is the promised land, for foreigners at least, I correct him.
