The base income threshold is $90,000 for singles and $180,000 for families. However, you do not have to pay the MLS if your family income exceeds the threshold but your own income for MLS purposes was $20,896 or less.
Everyone pays Medicare Levy Medicare Levy
Medicare gives Australian residents access to health care and is partly funded by taxpayers who pay a Medicare levy of 2.0% of their taxable income.
The surcharge applies to people with high income only.
Note - Medicare does NOT cover ambulance. Ambulance
Medicare does not cover the cost of emergency transport or other ambulance services. You can organise ambulance cover to insure against the costs of using an ambulance.
So even people on income below the threshold will take out basic private health cover, just in case. Why should I get Health Insurance