Question: Do I need to purchase international health insurance if i’m visiting Australia from United States?
Will Australian hospitals treat me if I fall ill without international health insurance? I’ll be in Australia for 1 month.
(health insurance australia)

Best answer:

Answer by King
If you are entering Australia on a temporary visa or a temporary long stay visa and have UK citizenship then you are eligible to medicare for the duration of your visit under a Reciprocal Healthcare Agreement (RHCA).

Under this agreement you will be entitled to the following for any ill -health of injury requiring treatment while in Australia:

Free treatment as a public in-patient or outpatient in a public hospital
Subsidised medicines under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
Medicare benefits for out-of-hospital medical treatment provided by doctors through private surgeries and community health centres.

So unless you have that get this /

http://www.bootsnall.com/travel-insurance/world-nomads.html