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Originally posted by markee
In Australia we have both public and private health care. Our public health care has been criticized a lot recently, but in reality it works well and the private system is there for those who want to pay not to wait.
But lets think about why it's been criticised..We have 2 main levels of Government who want to play the blame each other game rather than sorting through the issues presented and not to mention we have so many overseas bureaucrats who think that by cutting costs you can provide better health care. Not sure exactly which State of Australia you live in, but recently here in Sydney over the last week so many stories of mistreatment of pregnant women, elective surgery and other things that have lead to public outcry down here. And the worst part is that doctors and nurses are being told to do things to cut costs, therefore resulting in a sub-standard level of care. I have a few friends in the health system and they have told me that unless most of these bureaucrats go into front line duties for just one day, they have absolutely no idea on what crap nurses and doctors cop because of what these bureaucrats are telling them to do. Also add the fact that staffing is another issue, which further deepens the problem. A number of people are saying to get back to the days of training nurses on the job rather than at TAFE and Uni so they experience first hand various situations and aren't left feeling dumb not knowing what to do in a situation because they haven't experienced it through tertiary education.
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Originally posted by markee
There should be no justification that is good enough to privitise any required service (this includes water, electricity, telecommunications and health). This is because these industries can charge whatever they like and you are basically forced to pay it because you need it to live in today's society.
Not to mention that grocery prices here in Sydney are priced way above inflation rates as there are 2 problems;
1) 2 chains run most supermarkets
2) No real regulations are in place to control them
but then again I suppose I'm drawing a bit of a long bow on the Supermarket bit for other reasons
And not to mention how well Sydney's "ShittyRail" runs
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