Re: US health care system. What about OZ

From: Ina May Gaskin (inamaygaskin@gmail.com)
Mon Mar 12 14:23:17 2007

Do they take away your house in Oz if you can't afford to pay your hospital bill? That happens here.

Ina May

On Mar 11, 2007, at 1:37 PM, Melissa wrote:

>> C'mon Melissa, nothing is "free". You pay for it through taxes. Many
>>
> people in Oz still pay for private health insurance ikn addition to
> having Medicare.
>
> And let's not talk about malpractice insurance and Australian Ob/Gyns!
>
> Robert Modugno MD MBA FACOG
> Sylva, NC
>
> I stand corrected - we do pay for it through tax (1.5% of gross
> income; 2.5%
> if earning over $50,000 unless you have private insurance - in that
> case it
> remains 1.5%). Roughly 40% have private insurance.
>
> Melissa.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net] On Behalf Of
> rmodugno@aol.com
> Sent: Monday 12 March 2007 03:55
> To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
> Subject: **SPAM** Re: US health care system. What about OZ
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
>>> In Oz, the public system is quite good (and free). Private
>>> insurance
>>> (single) can cost around $AU800 - $1,600 pa. Then you pay an excess
>>>
> of $200
>
>>> - $1000 her hospitalization.
>>>
>>> Melissa.
>>>
>
> C'mon Melissa, nothing is "free". You pay for it through taxes. Many
> people in Oz still pay for private health insurance ikn addition to
> having Medicare.
>
> And let's not talk about malpractice insurance and Australian Ob/Gyns!
>
> Robert Modugno MD MBA FACOG
> Sylva, NC
>

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