Private health care

[silentC]

What about dental, optical etc? Those are not covered by Medicare (as far as I know). Our health fund pays for two new pairs of specs every year and we have dental cover. They also cover for other things like physio and chiropractic.

On the public/private choice as admission, my wife was asked to specify if she wanted private or public for our daughter. I don't know if that's what they are supposed to do or not but they gave her the choice.

[bitingmidge]

Be careful, under Johnny's new anti terror laws, you could end up in jail for writing that.

Now see, that's the sort of outrageous mis-reporting and gross exaggeration that starts out as a joke and spreads maliciously through the country until we believe it to be fact.

You ought to be shot for writing that.

In fact, under Johnny's new anti terror laws, you could be!

cheers,

P

[shrek]

Now see, that's the sort of outrageous mis-reporting and gross exaggeration that starts out as a joke and spreads maliciously through the country until we believe it to be fact.

I'm only repeating what I read in the papers. They wouldn't tell lies or exaggerate the truth, would they?

[Jack E]

Wait untill youve spent 12 months on a waiting list for elective surgery for a bad back.....then you'll wish you had kept your private cover.

Don't worry, I will be keeping the private cover.
I will just be keeping it quiet until it benefits me more than the public system, then I will whip out the card and live it up in crappy hospital luxury

Cheers, Jack

[MathewA]

[QUOTE=DavidG]Always been insured but I think I have paid in more than I have received/QUOTE]

Everyone has - you don't think the insurance companies do this cause they care about you do you. They make trillions in profits.

[Wongo]

you don't think the insurance companies do this cause they care about you do you.

Of course they do. 8 years ago a life insurance company called me at work (still don’t know how they got my number). In less then 5 minutes, he convinced me that I would die as soon as I walked out of the office.

“What if you get hit by a car tonight Mr Wong?” he said

“Would you come to my funeral?” said Mr Wong.

End of the conversation.