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Talking Politics
- Thread starter Legends of 2017
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So my questions are:
How much have you paid in premiums over the past say 20 years? What benefits have you received, other than the perceived tax offset?
Keep your hands off your election, Australia - The Shot
Is it our democracy or the media's?
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Apologies if this has been posted before but this is a savage takedown of Morrison by RonniSalt.
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Scott Morrison: not with a bang, but a whimper - The Shot
Australia is smaller for having been led by this man
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Grace Tame also wrote an article for The Shot a few days ago which draws parallels between Morrison's behaviour and the behaviour of abusers and why many people including the media react the way they do. Its quite insightful:
They could have just replaced it with a sign that said "That's Not My Job"
Did either the anaesthetist or surgeon ask you to pay before the procedure? That is their latest trick.
yep, its got me thinking about quitting. i get much more benefit out of extras with dental and optical. But it’s a risk.
the surgeon did. but it was shiftty the way they went about it.
Ian did get a benefit from his health insurance in that the venue where the surgery occurred, the surgeon and the anaesthetist were paid the scheduled fee by his insurer on top of the out of pockets he paid them.
Of course that would be free in public but the public waiting list for what I assume would be an elective day procedure or max one night stay is pretty long as we come out of COVID
Private health is a safety net to get it done quickly for people with money in the end.
I actually wrote to the college of surgeons about it. My view is that it is totally unethical to get paid before the procedure happens.
Inflation now at 5% and growing fast.
The only thing that is certain following this news is that we will hear that low unemployment is because of superior economic management and that the high inflation rate is everyone else’s fault
The only thing that is certain following this news is that we will hear that low unemployment is because of superior economic management and that the high inflation rate is everyone else’s fault
I understand all of that.
My query was more to do with how much money has been given to private health insurance, against the purely financial benefits received back. And, how much higher are the fees charged by surgeons, anaesthetists, physios, dentists etc than they would be without the encouragement for a large percentage of the population to take a health insurance policy?
I know it is highly unlikely that system will ever change.
I also assume that my superannuation is a beneficiary of the profits made by the health insurance sector.
I just think that governments should properly fund essential services rather than provide a tax offset, which effectively allows private enterprise to artificially increase profits. I'd put child care in the same basket.
Again, I'd accept paying more tax for this to not occur.
The last operation I had I did a pre op questionnaire with a nurse......allergies, medical conditions etc
The anaesthetist came along later, he had the pre op form with him, and said so you have no known allergies, and he might have asked one more question, and left saying ok, I'll see in you there.
He was there for 15 seconds and charged me a pre op anaesthetist consultation
Did you get charged a pre op anaesthetist fee?
Can't see the point of health insurance. Went to the Alfred yesterday for a regular consultation, no bills, no asking for a credit card, none of that. They want me to pay for the privilege of being charged? Sounds like a crap product to me.
Health should be a publicly provided service where everyone gets equal treatment funded by a progressive tax system.
DS
Health should be a publicly provided service where everyone gets equal treatment funded by a progressive tax system.
DS