Medical Card Related Questions

How do you renew your medical card?

Medical cards and GP visit cards are issued for a period of time. Your card has a ‘Valid to’ date on it. The HSE will contact you when it needs to review your eligibility to see if it can renew your card.

The HSE will write to you to complete a medical card review. If you are no longer eligible for a medical card, it will assess you for a GP visit card. It will write to you to let you know the outcome.

The HSE may also send a letter and PIN, inviting you to use the online medical card application system at https://www.mymedicalcard.ie/. When you get on this, select 'Review my medical card'.

What Expenses Are Allowable for a Medical Card Application?

There are a number of 'Allowable Expenses'. All allowable expenses help to increase the amount that you can earn and still qualify for a card. The types of allowable expenses you should include in your application are:

• rent payments and mortgage paymentts

• childcare costs

• travel to work costs

• maintenance payments

• net cost of private nursing home care

• mortgage protection premium

• life assurance for mortgage protection