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Question for the Aus, UK, French & Canadians (pg. 2)
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by jonSun
How much does private health care run over there & is that basically to cover dental? And is that extra health care purchased as a "just incase" you get your ass beat by a kangaroo?:p |
Lol :p Private health care here means that if you need treatment, you can go to a private hospital, with far shorter wait times than the regular public hospitals have. I have a dental plan (lisa needs braces!) on my health care because I run a business, and can deduct it from my tax, so I figured I might as well.
I pay about $400 a month which covers my fiance and myself. |
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| jonSun |
| quote: | Originally posted by Domesticated
What the part of Australia do you live in?
I pay $50 every time I see the doctor, and getting my wisdom teeth out a few years ago cost me $3,900. |
Sounds pretty similar to what I had to pay. Luckily insurance at the time was able to reinburse me most of it. But if I had to have them removed as of now under my new health insurace I would be covered only up to the first $1000. After that my dental is used up.
So would you trade your deal for the deal in the US of A? |
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| infinity HiGH |
| quote: | Originally posted by jonSun
i think im gonna trade my car for a dogsled & move to canada. :p |
We just built our first road though. So you can drive car! |
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| jonSun |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sushipunk
I pay about $400 a month which covers my fiance and myself. |
I pay about the same but my dental only covers the first $1000. And yes it does help at the end of the year with taxes. |
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| tubby |
GP's can charge whatever they like, and government will refund up to their scheduled rate. Some doctors charge only that rate and so you pay nothing, they just bulk bill directly to the government.
heaps of medications, but not all, are heavily subsidised, I cannot think of ever getting a script that I needed to pay full price for.
Private health cover gives you more options but doesn't necessarily save you money. if you go public system you generally won't pay but you could be on a long waiting list, not get your choice of doctor etc.
private the fund will decide what they will pay for a given procedure and level of cover, and you pay the rest. Like GP's though, funds will have some doctors who agree to charge the exact rate the fund is willing to pay.
all up it's a pretty fair system but it still starting to creak under the strain. Aging population, more and more expensive procedures and medications and it starts to get very expensive. Sure we pay higher taxes to cove rit, but it's still a massive improvement on the US model. |
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| Domesticated |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sushipunk
My bad, my private health care covers that. It covers dental work too :p
Edit: Correction, it's not my private cover, the doctor I go to bulk bills, and I get the rebate from Medicare later. I haven't been to a doc in 4 years though :p |
I have private health insurance too, I think it just sucks.
I wouldn't stay in a public hospital if I could afford not to. |
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| Domesticated |
| DENTAL PLAN. |
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| Thierry |
| quote: | Originally posted by Domesticated
DENTAL PLAN. |
Lisa needs braces. |
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| elFreak |
all hospitals are public here, but the private insurance through work (same as salary insurance and dental) gives you the right to a room alone.
another problem with our health system is that it has become harder for people (mostly immigrants and the poor) to find family doctors. By family doctors, I mean doctors who take patients and follow them for all of their needs. I have one, so it does not bother me. This can be attributed to the "brain drain" of doctors leaving, but there are bills on the table that will force those studying in medicine to have to stay in canada upon graduation.
The quality of the education is great, but the cost compared to studying for the same position in the united states is a lot (no specific number here) cheaper here due to post secondary education also being subsidized by our gov.
the cost of an ivy league school in the states for one year tuition (bachelors) last time i saw was 35 k a year. In canada the "ivy league" is about 4k a year.
btw stu i'm drinking koobunga hill shiraz, are you proud? :p
work, i feel sick:p |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by elFreak
btw stu i'm drinking koobunga hill shiraz, are you proud? :p
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Koonunga, I think?
It's a good region for wine, actually. |
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| elFreak |
this.
it is not bad.
my girlfriend steals it from her 2nd job (to pay for our health care of course) to make up for leaving me alone with 4 fucking cats for a night:p |
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