Australian Healthcare system??
May 15th 2009, 8:24 am
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Re: Australian Healthcare system??
At ER we were have always been given a form on arrival in which you declare if you want to use private or medicare for your treatment.
I guess what you put on the form depends on what the situation is, but the form to me has never read if you have private you must use it, its always been a choice. Besides if you pay private insurance you still pay the medicare levy hence the choice??
I guess what you put on the form depends on what the situation is, but the form to me has never read if you have private you must use it, its always been a choice. Besides if you pay private insurance you still pay the medicare levy hence the choice??
You do not have to use your insurance if you dont want to, you just tell them you want to go public. I have been in hospital 3 times in the last 18 months (as an admittance), me and wol sound similar in our health probs since moving here 
I always say yes you can use my insurance if you waive the gap, I get no bills but the hospital claims some from my health insurance win win.
Jo
I always say yes you can use my insurance if you waive the gap, I get no bills but the hospital claims some from my health insurance win win. Jo
And also good point about the No Gap bit, I guess the public hospital can then claim some back from the private health insurance so everyone wins.
You'd think that as I work at a private hospital I know all of this but I've only just started and none of the nursing staff know much about the fees etc and they are not really interested either!
Sam
