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Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, June 30 2012 @ 09:26 PM EDT |
The problem is not solved down under.
Take my case, i suffered 2 fractures ribs, a fractured sternum, fracture nose
and multiple contusions, yet he public hospital i was taken to by ambulance sent
me home with the statement that i sore from the motor vehicle crash but
otherwise OK.
Basic healthcare failed me as the quality of care at this public hospital was
sub standard and at times of emergency, one does not choose where they are
taken.
As stated by the OP above, the current health care globally seems to be run
according to old economic theory. This will never result in optimum care at
minimum price. The game is spoilt by multinational drug, health care and
insurance companies and their pricing structures.
Heck, if you were sick and given a choice to live poor or die rich, you would
sell everything you have. Supply and demand economic models just does not cut it
when a $0.10 pill is sold for $20 and holds someones life in the balance. Such
problems can't be fixed by adding overlay on top called health insurance,
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Authored by: mschmitz on Sunday, July 01 2012 @ 05:57 PM EDT |
Works in a similar way across the ditch (across the Tasman, for non-Aussies).
Only there's no government incentive program, but (some?) employers subsidize
the private insurance schemes.
GPs are the first point of call, with their respective Primary Health Care
Providers so it looks similar to the UK system in that respect.
How well does it work? I'm sure I'll find out someday ... I've heard of people
reporting bad service in our DHB's hospitals in the past, but that appears to
have been addressed successfully in the last years.
-- mschmitz
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