Progressive Politics

We have it decent in Australia, but for the Americans reading on, the bar is so ridiculously low you can walk over it.

I hope one day Medicare can actually be universal, and not the private subsidy model we have currently.

I dunno about you, but finding bulk billing is a pain the arse now, and in certain areas it simply doesn't exist. Not to mention my premium mouth bones which aren't covered for some stupid reason.

I just wish we'd finally kill off private health. Private health is such a scam we only take out because we have a two tiered system and there's a tax discount.

I really don't like Australians talking about how good we have it, when it's kinda meh, and actively getting worse.

That all being said, yeah, the PBS is pretty good and I'm glad insulin is affordable.

Thank Christ we didn't get the Libs back (for American readers, that's the conservative party), we could do SO much better given how wealthy we are per person.

But, anyone who doesn't want to pay more in tax in order to get truly public healthcare doesn't know how to do maths. We could just pay what we pay in private health premiums already, in tax, and we'd probably get way better care per person (because profit is inherently inefficient).

Abolish private health.

Thanks for being accosted with my rant.