If you earn more than $90,000 a year as a single or $180,000 as a couple/family/single parent
If you don’t have private hospital cover, you may have to pay the ‘Medicare Levy Surcharge’ of an additional 1% to 1.5% of your income.
This is on top of the mandatory 2% you already pay as the ‘Medicare Levy’ (unless you’re one of the few exempt).