Don't Come to Australia
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Re: Don't Come to Australia
Originally Posted by Lord_Farquar
It is a joke really. The US spends more than double per annum on health care than the UK and Australia (both of which have 'free' health care for all).
Originally Posted by simongb
You mean Australia takes care of its citizens and it hasn't turned into a communist state? Someone needs to tell Fox news in the USA that a country can function, be prosperous and still take care of its people. What a very novel idea
Based on my in-depth research into that sort of thing I have been reliably informed, repeatedly, that it doesn't work and, even if it did, it DEFINITELY wouldn't work in America. So you're obviously deluded.
Also, socialism is the root of all evil...etc... Death panels...etc... will result in forced abortions for all (or something like that), [insert random indoctrinated propoganda or talking point here] blah blah blah.
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Re: Don't Come to Australia
Isn't that stuff already going on in America at the moment? FEMA death camps etc.
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Re: Don't Come to Australia
Trams are the best form of public transport around. Cities that got rid of them in the 50s-60s now regret it and some are spending mega bucks to get them back. Melbourne has the largest tram system in the world, it's the cars in there way that causes the problems :-)
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Re: Don't Come to Australia
2,033.0 USA
1,512.0 Australia
1,454.0 UK
http://stats.oecd.org/index.aspx
Top and Bottom
2,507 Norway
236 Mexico
These next ones are interesting...
Out-of-pocket expenditure on health, US$ PPP
683.0 USA
448.0 Australia
246.0 UK
Pharmaceutical expenditure per capita, US$ PPP
0.0 UK
335.0 Australia
533.0 USA
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Re: Don't Come to Australia
Public health expenditure per capita, US$ PPP 2009
2,033.0 USA
1,512.0 Australia
1,454.0 UK
http://stats.oecd.org/index.aspx
Top and Bottom
2,507 Norway
236 Mexico
These next ones are interesting...
Out-of-pocket expenditure on health, US$ PPP
683.0 USA
448.0 Australia
246.0 UK
Pharmaceutical expenditure per capita, US$ PPP
0.0 UK
335.0 Australia
533.0 USA
2,033.0 USA
1,512.0 Australia
1,454.0 UK
http://stats.oecd.org/index.aspx
Top and Bottom
2,507 Norway
236 Mexico
These next ones are interesting...
Out-of-pocket expenditure on health, US$ PPP
683.0 USA
448.0 Australia
246.0 UK
Pharmaceutical expenditure per capita, US$ PPP
0.0 UK
335.0 Australia
533.0 USA
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Re: Don't Come to Australia
Just the portion (about 20%) of my health insurance premium comes to $1200 a year. I know people who have their own insurance who pay $1500 a month.
Others have told me they pay more each month for health insurance than they pay for their mortgage, home owners insurance and car loan combined.
These next ones are interesting...
Out-of-pocket expenditure on health, US$ PPP
683.0 USA
448.0 Australia
246.0 UK
Out-of-pocket expenditure on health, US$ PPP
683.0 USA
448.0 Australia
246.0 UK
Pharmaceutical expenditure per capita, US$ PPP
0.0 UK
335.0 Australia
533.0 USA
0.0 UK
335.0 Australia
533.0 USA
The thing is that most Americans have never lived in a country where the universal health care exists and they also seem to have a fundamental underlying distrust in government. The idea of allowing the government to control their health care is a scary prospect for a lot of Shermans and I can't see that changing in the near future.
Also, before I get told off by one of your Ozzie-Mods, I would like to point out I did not cause this tangent.
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Re: Don't Come to Australia
http://www.theonion.com/video/us-fin...-intern,14241/
http://www.theonion.com/video/google...privacy,14358/
In the real world, not so much.
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Re: Don't Come to Australia
Yeah, I kind of got that idea when I was browsing through the thread. One of those threads where it took so many tangents it nearly folded right around and came back onto topic.
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Re: Don't Come to Australia
Now what was the topic again ?
oh yes...
That covers anything we discuss...
oh yes...
I've been in Melbourne two months, my experiences: (to explain why you shouldn't come to Australia)
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Re: Don't Come to Australia
By eck this threads a corker!!!! I must remember to pop in more often and get back in on the action.