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[holidaymail]

It’s a shame Dental isn’t covered more by the Australian system, and as others mentioned mental health care has a fair way to go, but from experience my father was diagnosed with cancer, had a couple of operations to try and correct it, then had extensive care and saw out his final couple of weeks in hospital, and it didn’t cost my poor mother a damn cent thankfully. It’s not a perfect system, but by hell I will defend it forever.

[glennzaneson]

About the wait time, it is prioritised according to severity. I was diagnosed with cancer and given a "rating" that meant it was required that I receive treatment within 30 days. 28 days later I was in surgery, and I live in the "Outback" hundreds of miles from big cities. Didn't cost me a cent, including years of folllow up care and treatment. The video didn't mention the amazing Flying Doctor Service or The Helicopter Rescue Services who are regarded as heroes in Australia.

[stuartcole]

I was at the pharmacy about a week ago and overheard the elderly man in front of me talking to the pharmacist about picking up a “special order”. The pharmacist had to go to the safe to get medicine and then mentioned something about it being a 3 month supply, and they have to carefully track it and store it because the value of the 3 month supply was about $47, 000AU. Being a pensioner, each prescription cost him something like $6 and less than $20 later he walked out with nearly 50k worth of medicine. I have no idea of what was wrong with him or what the drugs were, but it made me realise that we really take our health system for granted.

[aew]

My partner went to emergency with chest pain. 3 days later he had a stent in place, and enough drugs to last for a month. however they hospitalised him as a private patient by mistake and we ended up with a $3000 Bill. Still, we just took it to Medicare and it was taken care of because we don't have private hospital cover! I love my country and our first class health care system!....even with its flaws.

[clarris]

I’m an adult Australian. Last week I came across the term, “medically bankrupt”.
I had never heard of it before.
So thankful for Medicare. It’s not a perfect system but it does make healthcare accessible.

[Leelee-okht]

My son was two days old when we discovered that he had a very serious condition, that needed urgent surgery. A team of neonatal doctors flew in on the RFD and within hours he was airlifted out and was operated on that same day. My travel and accommodation was also taken care of. I was able to stay close by and visit him in the neonatal unit. Those amazing Doctors saved my son, I'm in awe of them and the nurses were just brilliant. I'm forever grateful to them. My boy is now a strapping 17 yr old.
My daughter was in a car accident and had a serious head injury. The doctors and nurses worked on her non stop and saved her life. As she was recovering, she had to be bathed and fed like a baby. I was able to sleep by her bedside and care for her, until I could bring her home. She has memory problems, but is otherwise healthy. This was all thru our public hospitals. What can I say, I feel very lucky to be Australian.

[The_Calm_Chaos]

Mahatma Gandhi: “A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members.”

This is why I love Australia's incredible health care system.

[JohnJ]

One huge fact is always missing from these videos. The Australian Federal government does all these things for a current cost of $5, 500 USD per head of population annually. The American Federal government, providing nowhere near the service levels spends $11, 000 USD per head of population per year. If the USA adopted the Australian system, you would have Universal Healthcare for everyone *and* the Federal spending on healthcare would be cut by 50%.

For people wondering what "Bulk billing" is, it works this way. The government sets a "Standard Fee" for pretty much everything. If you go to a "Bulk Billing" doctor they only charge the standard fee and you pay nothing, the Dr bills the government direct. If you go to a different doctor, they charge what they want and you get the amount of the standard fee refunded. So if the standard fee is $40 and your Dr charges $50, you get a $40 refund. The refund is immediate using the same EFTPOS terminal you paid the bill at. A non bulk billing Dr can choose to bulk bill if they want. If they know the patient is out of work or the town is in drought. Whatever, it's totally their choice.

Finally there's this point. By having Universal healthcare in Australia we can tell a bastard boos to shove his job. The health of our families won't suffer for that decision and that means we have the freedom to choose. Americans don't have this freedom. Think about that for a minute.

[lennywalin-bates]

The PBS is one of the best parts of the Australian medical system. If a drug gets pbs approved maximum cost per prescription is little over 30 dollars Australian some courses costs 10s of thousands of dollars yet the patient/ consumer pays just a little over 30 dollars. It drives the pharmaceutical industry mad because there is only one purchaser of drugs in Australia and that's the Australian government, hence price gouging by the pharmaceutical companies is limited.

[lotsacirclework]

Australia's health care system can be summed up as if you need it, you get it.

Years ago I lost control of my balance. Saw my GP and within an hour was talking to a specialist in my capital city. That night I was on a plane to the city. Two days later I had neurosurgery. All up I was in the city for six weeks or so, and it cost nothing. Even the flight was paid for, my missus had to drive to the city but fuel and accommodation was paid for.
It is safe to that under a less friendly system I would be dead

[brendonmcsweeney]

When my wife was pregnant she needed to be flown through to a major city, had an emergancy C section, our child spent a week in the NICU while my wife was on the ward getting looked after around the clock as well as our son. After 10 days we were able to leave and our bill was $8 for special vitamins for my wife to help here recover

[callabeth]

While our health care system definitely isn’t perfect I can say as an Aussie pharmacist its a decent balance without putting our taxes through the roof

[jaywan]

As someone with private health care, I have found the public system better in most cases for emergency care. I usually only use private health care for elective stuff and specialist services. The only reason we have private health care is for tax purposes.

[angelafinch]

I'm disabled in Australia and have had many medical problems. I've had open heart surgery and mini strokes and have a lot of expensive medications. The only time I pay is to see a specialist I pay for the appointment and Medicare dive me 80% back. It's bloody fantastic 🇦🇺💜

[cherylmcinerney]

My oldest daughter has spent over 15 years on dialysis and had three transplants, over 50 surgeries many ICU admissions and have never had a bill. My youngest daughter was born with physical disabilities and had many hospitalisations and surgeries, and equipment for home, again never received a bill. I am always thankful for being Australian and have often wondered how we would have survived or how they would of survived if we lived in America. We generally did not have long wait times though I know there can be, I decided to go private for a knee replacement because of the wait time but certainly no complaints from my family

[Mechanic.Pete]

I was picked up by flying doctor in outback Queensland in the middle of nowhere ( plane had to land on a road ) for a broken arm, from the flying doc picking me up, to walking out of hospital with a cast it cost me exactly $4.50 ( i was hungry so I used the vending machine 😂 ) this is why aussies boast about our healthcare system, in the US that would of cost in the 10s of thousands of dollars which is utterly ridiculous

[tomthumb]

I emigrated to Australia from the UK. I was here less than a year when I had a very serious car accident, I was declared dead at the accident site and had to be cut out of the car, I was revived in the ambulance and taken to the closest hospital where I was rushed into surgery with multiple fractured bones, it was thought that my left leg needed to be amputated but one of the specialists said he could save it which he did. I was in recovery in the hospital for 15 weeks with my leg in traction so could not get up out of bed for the full 15 weeks, after leaving the hospital I had 9 months rehabilitation with physiotherapy. I did not have to pay anything at all even though I had not even paid a full years tax in Australia. I am so thankful to be living in this great country...It is said that America is the land of the free but that can't be true if people are worried about getting ill or having accidents and they can't afford to pay for it...Australia truly is the land of the free and life here is so lay back without having worry about health care at all, by the way some people do have private health care here which can get them seen by specialist doctors a bit sooner but even public patients get the same doctors and the same treatment. In Australia you can visit any GP anywhere in the country, at my local GP if I phone for an appointment in the morning I will usually get an appointment the same day.

[sapphoculloden]

I am very proud, incidentally, that my daughter, who has been nursing since she was 16, is now in her second year doing medicine. She wants to become a doctor to work in outback Australia.

[treylei]

Wait times in the ER depend on the reason for attending. Emergencies take priority. GP ~ again some patients need more time and therefore wait times can extend. Specialist wait times, yes frustrating, but remember you have the option of private. The more urgent the issue is the less time (or no time in some cases) it takes. Remember Medicare covers ALOT. This system works.

[tonygriffin]

About 3 years ago I had to have a total hip replacement. Being that it wasn't urgent (meaning it was a gradual condition and not an accident/emergency), and I could still function, the wait time was over a year. I spoke to the surgeon and asked how much it would cost. He said 'hospital stay, medications, anaesthesia, and the procedure will cost around $50k, but don't worry it's all covered.' I didn't pay a cent.