Comments on: Rights leader urges Australia to reverse Moeller decision http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/11/06/rights-leader-moeller-4574/ Disability News | PatriciaEBauer.com Wed, 24 Nov 2010 22:50:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: amymdmom http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/11/06/rights-leader-moeller-4574/comment-page-1/#comment-3151 amymdmom Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:38:27 +0000 http://www.patriciaebauer.com/?p=4574#comment-3151 Hmmm, sounds like a strike against Universal Health Care... Australia's universal health care system is relatively new (introduced in 1983, which built on the 1974 Medibank program). As with all socialized health care systems, there is a mixture of public versus private care (approximately 30% of Australians also retain private health insurance). As a result, it's reported that the private patients receive better care than their medicare counterparts. The salary caps and artificial increase in demand for care that typically occur in a national health care system are resulting in predictable physician shortages partly because Australia also regulates how many doctors are there and how many can go to medical school. The health care system is estimated to make up 43% of Australia's budget. The whole situation is fraught with irony. This Doctor came to Australia because of the Doctor shortages there-doctor shortages caused by the health care system. The Health care system that is suppose to reduce costs but has instead increased non-monetary costs to the consumer by causing the doctor shortage and now "rejects" this needed Doctor because his son's health care would result in high costs to the health care system?.....Does not sound Universal or Healthy in the least. Hmmm, sounds like a strike against Universal Health Care…
Australia’s universal health care system is relatively new (introduced in 1983, which built on the 1974 Medibank program). As with all socialized health care systems, there is a mixture of public versus private care (approximately 30% of Australians also retain private health insurance). As a result, it’s reported that the private patients receive better care than their medicare counterparts. The salary caps and artificial increase in demand for care that typically occur in a national health care system are resulting in predictable physician shortages partly because Australia also regulates how many doctors are there and how many can go to medical school. The health care system is estimated to make up 43% of Australia’s budget.

The whole situation is fraught with irony. This Doctor came to Australia because of the Doctor shortages there-doctor shortages caused by the health care system. The Health care system that is suppose to reduce costs but has instead increased non-monetary costs to the consumer by causing the doctor shortage and now “rejects” this needed Doctor because his son’s health care would result in high costs to the health care system?…..Does not sound Universal or Healthy in the least.

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