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- Nov 18, 2020
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The healthcare system in Australia is good, you can see specialists if you want and it's generally not too difficult (in my experience), but non-metro (outside the major cities) healthcare is a mixed bag. If you're in regional Victoria, for example, even in the larger cities Bendigo/Ballarat/Geelong you might find yourself having to travel to Melbourne for certain things. But it's cheap and you can get appointments. The totally free healthcare in Australia (bulk-billed GPs) is generally garbage though. Patient factories, in and out so they can bill Medicare for as many $38 appointments as they can.Are u happy with the healthcare system overall? Do you have to see specialists and is it hard to see then? Overhere we are brainwashed into thinking your healthcare system is garbage even though it is ranked higher than ours.
I've also lived in the UK, where healthcare is completely free and available everywhere, but waiting lists are looong. I can generally get a Dr appointment same day in Aus, UK you'd be waiting a few weeks for a GP unless it was an emergency (they can always fit you in, but it's a mixed bag).
I entirely agree with Flynnal though, some Drs are cunts for the sake of it (or at least seem like it), on a power trip. My last Dr retired and I was assigned to a new one at the same surgery who wanted to completely change treatment and go down a different path, refusing to continue with what had worked long term. I went elsewhere and luckily found a new Dr who is actually understanding of the fact I can't be taking a day off every week to see nurses and specialists, and just gives me what's worked fine for years.
Pharmacists (and even more so, pharmacy assistants) are the real nazis here though. They like to think they're Doctors.