Absolutely. I find it really distressing that Americans are put into that situation. It should never be a choice between health and financial wellbeing.
The thing that makes me such a massive fan of public healthcare is that it keeps the prices down for private healthcare, too. I often go private because my nearest doctor only does private and physio (my main health service) is slow to access through public, but even then, I get a rebate for the doctor's appointments, and the costs are minimal to start with: $65 for a full consultation and flu jab, for example. My American friends pay a lot more for a similar service, because the 'free market' for healthcare is so distorted by the interests of major companies.
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Date: 2013-12-24 03:39 pm (UTC)The thing that makes me such a massive fan of public healthcare is that it keeps the prices down for private healthcare, too. I often go private because my nearest doctor only does private and physio (my main health service) is slow to access through public, but even then, I get a rebate for the doctor's appointments, and the costs are minimal to start with: $65 for a full consultation and flu jab, for example. My American friends pay a lot more for a similar service, because the 'free market' for healthcare is so distorted by the interests of major companies.