tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32646270.post6437248275123822166..comments2024-01-28T19:45:49.757+13:00Comments on <img src="https://i.imgur.com/96UqJAN.jpg"> Australian Politics: jonjayrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13363092874281160320noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32646270.post-3657764943989230282012-01-20T14:00:02.390+13:002012-01-20T14:00:02.390+13:00True indeed for some and maybe this chap's Pub...True indeed for some and maybe this chap's Public Service Super didn't last the distance, but our system as it stands creates a false perception that care in the Public sector is free compared to shelling out for Private cover, and that's a choice a lot of people with adequate means still make based on that belief. (I can understand that choice up here where the only Private hospital is an efficient alternative to suicide). The perception of the Public system as being "free" though does create a level of expectation that just can't be met every time without a hell of a lot more taxation. One of the problems seems to be that many think Medicare is an insurance policy itself just like many used to think taxes represented a savings plan for a pension. Medicare goes nowhere near covering the costs of the system and was really only meant originally as a lower income and emergency care safety net. Demographics are killing it slowly. What's that quote of Thatcher's? "Socialism is well and good until you run out of other people's money" (or to that effect). The financial milking that goes on in much of the Private sector is a story for another day. Take care.Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32646270.post-49613703603765332302012-01-19T20:42:21.184+13:002012-01-19T20:42:21.184+13:00$4,000 is a lot of money for some people
I paid $...$4,000 is a lot of money for some people<br /><br />I paid $1,000 for that op but I had private health insurancejonjayrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13363092874281160320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32646270.post-22157451007883956232012-01-19T19:21:16.420+13:002012-01-19T19:21:16.420+13:00All I will say, knowing as I do what the system is...All I will say, knowing as I do what the system is like, and the direction it is going, if this man had the means for surgery 10-15 years ago, then why did he not do so at some point in that past? He's indicated by his statement that he would have done so if he knew how long the Public sector wait would be. After the first ten years then surely there must be at least some scribble on the wall. People who can afford to do so should look after their own best interests as much as they can. Medicare will get you through the door in an emergency (most times) but the demand by the aging boomer population for all manner of surgerys on the public dime means that rationing of resources has effectively already begun.Paulnoreply@blogger.com