Private hospital care
I read with interest Peter Breadon’s recent article on private hospitals. He doesn’t go nearly far enough – we need radical change and pronto! As a recently retired health professional who worked in both the public (mostly) and the private sector, I can suggest a solution to the problems associated with private hospital and health care – just get rid of it completely! Nationalise it – lock, stock and barrel.
The private health insurance industry is a parasitic blight and private hospitals are no better. Government funding already massively subsidises these rorters. I have been paying huge premiums forever as have many millions of Australians. Gather up all these subsidies and everyone’s premiums, plus add an additional levy on the very rich and take over all these facilities. Ditch anything unnecessary.
If we made it a wholly public health sector, the world would be a better place. Comprehensive, efficient service planning and provision would become the norm. We could control these private practitioners who are exploiting the system by charging outrageous out-of-pocket expenses. With just a public system on offer, they would be forced to come to heel and only charge scheduled fees. Just do it!
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