Thanks for your insight Abbie! I feel like I’ve been trying to find the succinct words forever, but you hit the nail on the head with invulnerability bias. This whole time they haven’t cared because it couldn’t really touch them and as soon as it did, it must be terrorism. Nothing shy could touch their precious positions. I look forward to reading more from you!
Australia no longer has universal health care. It's slowly being replaced by a system where you need to make an up front payment to a Dr before you then get the government rebate. Sometimes these upfront payments are hundreds of dollars, meaning people doing it tough are excluded fro the services they need.
The government rebate is only a portion of the cost, so if my cost to see a sleep specialist is $400, I only get (approx) 300 of that. That 100 is approx 1/4 of my weekly pension .
Thanks for your insight Abbie! I feel like I’ve been trying to find the succinct words forever, but you hit the nail on the head with invulnerability bias. This whole time they haven’t cared because it couldn’t really touch them and as soon as it did, it must be terrorism. Nothing shy could touch their precious positions. I look forward to reading more from you!
Thanks for reading and sharing your thoughts, Lindsey! I’m glad it resonated with you!
Australia no longer has universal health care. It's slowly being replaced by a system where you need to make an up front payment to a Dr before you then get the government rebate. Sometimes these upfront payments are hundreds of dollars, meaning people doing it tough are excluded fro the services they need.
The government rebate is only a portion of the cost, so if my cost to see a sleep specialist is $400, I only get (approx) 300 of that. That 100 is approx 1/4 of my weekly pension .
That's not universal health care.
Oh that’s interesting, and disappointing :/ Whats behind the change? $$$? And thanks for letting us know - we’ll take Australia out.
Wonderful post!