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[–] palitu@aussie.zone 15 points 7 months ago (2 children)

In Australia, private health insurance is better for non life threatening stuff.

Emergencies is where the public health system shines. They have a lot more practice with trauma and ED stuff than private.

I have private too.

[–] angrymouse@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

This is very similar situarion in Brazil

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

i always say to americans: medicare keeps you alive and able to be productive, private insurance keeps you comfortable

… but medicare also drastically reduces private premiums

[–] palitu@aussie.zone 1 points 7 months ago

Ah yeah, that is a good way of putting it.

[–] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I very much appreciate your last sentence.

Medicare is a sad shell of its former self, good luck seeing a GP or a specialist for free these days. Want a specialist to check out your breasts? That'll be $400 for the first visit and $210 out of pocket for all your follow ups, $800 (out of pocket) just for a biopsy if you need it. (Rough numbers from a friend). And consider that most women develop some kind of breast growths in their life time.

Sure it's not US levels of price gouging, but heck. Medicare is being lost and we're not fighting for it.

I won't be satisfied until private health is dead. Fuck private health.

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

i wouldn’t say until private health is dead: there’s always a certain level of comfort or pseudo-science choice that i don’t think should be socialised… for example, my private health covers “alternative therapies” which should certainly not be covered by social healthcare, but people should be given the option to spend their money on that if they want to

same thing with private rooms, better hospital meals, etc: these things should be optional extras that you can pay more for

with that said, dental, optical, psychology, physio, and nutrition are all things that my private health covers that medicare should cover or should cover more

[–] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Oh yeah, that's true (the alternative therapies), and for extras that aren't at all better medical care

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 2 points 7 months ago

yup:

public is for keeping as many people as healthy as possible as efficiently as possible: it’s about optimisation

private is for things that you want but don’t need that would make the care of others less efficient without additional money, and where you can pay for that extra why not allow people to insure for it?