It's much the same here in Aus. If I need a doctor, I see one that day. I've never needed to go into hospital and I've been a day patient at a clinic. I have free yearly eye exams and only pay for my prescription lenses if they are over $150, I think. 3 years of contraceptives costs me $24 and when I burned my hand cooking I walked into a doctor's surgery and was seen within 5 minutes (5 agonising minutes, but the doc was already in with someone else and I jumped the queue to go right in). Sometimes I forget my medicare card but my doc still sees me because I'm on file.
My partner has mild Marfan's Syndrome and has had multiple surgeries, asthma and arrhythmia. He spent a large part of his teens in a back brace and required spinal surgery to correct his scoliosis - and all of it was covered by Medicare.
My housemate was hit by a taxi and got screwed over by his insurance because of pre-existing scoliosis (again, mild) but still had her doctor treatments, physiotherapy and surgery covered Medicare. From the poiint when they determined that she required surgery to the actual date of the op was approx 5 months because she was bumped back twice due to emergency procedures for other patients (including someone who had been diagnosed a few days earlier with spinal cancer) and she saw one of the top specialists in the country.
It's much the same here in Aus. If I need a doctor, I see one that day. I've never needed to go into hospital and I've been a day patient at a clinic. I have free yearly eye exams and only pay for my prescription lenses if they are over $150, I think. 3 years of contraceptives costs me $24 and when I burned my hand cooking I walked into a doctor's surgery and was seen within 5 minutes (5 agonising minutes, but the doc was already in with someone else and I jumped the queue to go right in). Sometimes I forget my medicare card but my doc still sees me because I'm on file.
My partner has mild Marfan's Syndrome and has had multiple surgeries, asthma and arrhythmia. He spent a large part of his teens in a back brace and required spinal surgery to correct his scoliosis - and all of it was covered by Medicare.
My housemate was hit by a taxi and got screwed over by his insurance because of pre-existing scoliosis (again, mild) but still had her doctor treatments, physiotherapy and surgery covered Medicare. From the poiint when they determined that she required surgery to the actual date of the op was approx 5 months because she was bumped back twice due to emergency procedures for other patients (including someone who had been diagnosed a few days earlier with spinal cancer) and she saw one of the top specialists in the country.
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