All it was was a joke. Poor taste? Perhaps.
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againstthegrain
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I got it, I'm sure others did as well.
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gruntlabor
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The First Rule of Humor
1. Do anything for a laugh
I was actually thinking of,as long as you think it's funny, then anyone else is a bonus.
For the record and to be accurate this is how Australian universal health care operates. All taxpayers contribute a share of their hard earned to the Australian Tax Office (ATO) who in turn pass this money on to the Australian (Federal) Government, which uses these funds to fund a range of government outgoings including health care, education, roads & train lines as well as defense.
There are five main sources for health care funds, they are the Australian Government, State & Territory Governments, Private Health Insurance, Individuals (patients) and Workers’ Compensation and other insurers.
There are limits to what healthcare is provided to patients, without any further payment being required by the treatment provider, these include public hospitals, ‘bulk billed’ services such as GP’s pathology and optometry. People who hold Veterans Gold Cards, Health care cards, pensioners and children under 16 years of age can also access medical services without any further payment.
While this may appear to be a good healthcare delivery system it often fails to deliver due to budget constraints each state or territory oversees the healthcare in its jurisdiction, and bears that responsibility. In WA successive governments over the last three decades have promised to ‘fix’ the healthcare issue, they never do.
Other states have similar issues, at various times such as winter flu outbreaks ambulances may be ‘ramped’ outside the hospital because emergency departments are ‘access blocked’ and unable to attend patients. Critical cases are always triaged and dealt with accordingly, which leads to less serious cases spending lengthy periods waiting for treatment. With my recent hand injury falling on a Saturday night I tried to avoid going through the lengthy wait time by attending a private clinic, clinical needs meant that I needed treatment only the public hospital could provide.
Other shortfalls include limited specialist doctors and lengthy wait times for those specialists, these wait times are often measured in years. Patients are free to go to private healthcare providers if they have the means to do so.
So there you have it the healthcare system draws funds from various sources, the taxpayer is only a partial and indirect source of funds…
There are five main sources for health care funds, they are the Australian Government, State & Territory Governments, Private Health Insurance, Individuals (patients) and Workers’ Compensation and other insurers.
There are limits to what healthcare is provided to patients, without any further payment being required by the treatment provider, these include public hospitals, ‘bulk billed’ services such as GP’s pathology and optometry. People who hold Veterans Gold Cards, Health care cards, pensioners and children under 16 years of age can also access medical services without any further payment.
While this may appear to be a good healthcare delivery system it often fails to deliver due to budget constraints each state or territory oversees the healthcare in its jurisdiction, and bears that responsibility. In WA successive governments over the last three decades have promised to ‘fix’ the healthcare issue, they never do.
Other states have similar issues, at various times such as winter flu outbreaks ambulances may be ‘ramped’ outside the hospital because emergency departments are ‘access blocked’ and unable to attend patients. Critical cases are always triaged and dealt with accordingly, which leads to less serious cases spending lengthy periods waiting for treatment. With my recent hand injury falling on a Saturday night I tried to avoid going through the lengthy wait time by attending a private clinic, clinical needs meant that I needed treatment only the public hospital could provide.
Other shortfalls include limited specialist doctors and lengthy wait times for those specialists, these wait times are often measured in years. Patients are free to go to private healthcare providers if they have the means to do so.
So there you have it the healthcare system draws funds from various sources, the taxpayer is only a partial and indirect source of funds…
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