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A guide to Single Payer Healthcare
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Yeah, Australian system is currently trash, but only because we've let things slide back towards private health, not because a single payer system is not simple. It's only complex because private health is encroaching and government funding is waning. If we actually had a single payer system it would be simpler (but we don't actually).
So many low cost GPs and other health services are needing to charge more because the rebate is way too low.
Plus, in my opinion, some price gouging by some areas, by some (psychologists come to mind for recent crazy price inflation)
Get rid of private health, and we can just pay our insurance premiums to the government, and actually be guaranteed care, not this stupid tiered nonsense.
Dental, optical, and all these other "extras" should just be provided. We're one of the richest countries per capita in the world, it's embarrassing.
there are plenty of other extras though: agree optical, dental, better psych etc should be included
… but alternative medicine? nicer rooms? massage? these are things that people should have the option to pay for via insurance, and the public system certainly shouldn’t provide
public should efficiently keep everyone healthy; private should add some additional comfort choices to your life