Was telling my missus this one, she's got rich boring accountant dad who only cares about money, so has obviously has private to avoid the 1% levy, i explained it to her that its our system and we need it so people don't go bankrupt for getting sick and its essentially a scam, she went to cancel it and the parents butted in implying I'm some useless povvo hippie because I'm against a for profit healthcare system which in and of itself is a glaring conflict of interest.

I don’t think a boycott is a good idea. I like to be able to choose who I want to see, and asap. The public system…. Not so great

@@Watching58 It is giving the money to the doctors, nurses and all the other people that make hospitals work OR, as it is now, giving the money as a bonus to the top executives of the insurance company, that is looking for any way to not have to pay out.

@@Watching58 "I don’t think a boycott is a good idea. I like to be able to choose who I want to see, and asap. The public system…. Not so great" ----- While I get what you are saying I think you are missing the forest for the trees. The more people who forego private health insurance, the more money that will get pumped into the public health system (we also have to demand this, but more on this later) At the moment, each private health policy is subsidised. Which is a joke. We are paying public dollars to prop up a private health system. If more and more people drop private health insurance, the bigger the message gets sent to the government that people demand that the money gets spent on our once great public health system. Our public system was great. It was fantastic. It still can be fantastic. We have to protect our medicare, though. At the moment it is under attack from not just the dodgy politicians taking donations from insurance and private interests, It is also under attack by the US (they are actively slowly dismantling the NHS as well), and their private health system interests. I'm aware of the shortfalls of our public system as it is. But we need to send that message to say that we DON'T want an American private health system, with a gutted/non-existent public system. We need to fight for our Medicare. (as the UK need to fight for their NHS). Ask most normal American who lives in Australia, and they can tell you horror stories of their friends or family that have been bankrupted because of an accident or a persistent infection.

@@Watching58 and if you need a major medical intervention, it will be performed in a public hospital (not so much profit on major surgery)

yes, just that

And every time you pay up they laugh and say "Look at this fool, we will charge him more next time" 😂🤣😂 The stupidity of tbe Australian bumpkin knows no bounds

Is there a reason you need the insurance? Have you ever actually claimed anything?

​@@FlamencoOzwhat if it burned down. You would have to start all over again. Not good if you have a family or are elderly.

@@mark-ni5fv I don’t know anyone in Sydney who’s house has burned down. And I was born here. I know it’s the “what if” factor that means you do it. But the risk is extremely small for most people, odds are like winning the lotto.

@@FlamencoOz You obviously don't watch the news or you have your head buried in the sand . Houses burn down nearly every day in every capital city in every state and territory in Australia and that's not including bush fires . And that doesn't include the ones in the country that don't make it to prime time news. Not all house 🔥 fires are accidental you know , some are lit on purpose just to claim insurance and others are arson. Google how many accidental house fires happen every year .

This

​@@thisisres This is the way to go, but unfortunately a huge portion of Australians can't afford the medical emergency that might happen between when they stop paying health insurance and when they have saved an emergency fund.

Beat me to it.

Yeah, only Facebook, Google, Amazon etc should have all our data and track us everywhere through our phones and sell it to the highest bidder.....

@@dootu and track your mobile phone tower connections and all credit card swipes and record your car going through all those camera gates on the highway...tin foil hat time!

💯 agree with your comment, no more than elite theft.

Yep, my car insurance doubled, shopped around and luckily found something, next step though is no insurance if keeps going up pretty much, or walk 16km each way to work and 25km to uni with essentially no PT in town

Agree, but when you see the net/gross profit at the end of an FY, (even though there is a question of ‘how much is too much profit?’), it’s a bit hard to not go ‘ummm about that 20% increase on my car insurance, could you give me back a tiny fraction of your $xyz m profit please?’

I'm sure the exercise earned you a red flag on your permanent record for making a fuss and making them pay the Ombudsman's costs. Good on you - wave it with pride. Pliant peasants are still peasants.

These individual "health savings accounts" can be built up in value over time and yet can be used as seen fit to maintain an individual's good health.

Or individuals can just hold onto the money themselves.

Or the government could just fund public health properly.

That would depend entirely on the contract negotiated between the insurer and the reinsurer, the type of reinsurance and the items being covered.

oh and i almost forgot about the young kid, he and his dog was shot infront of their family in their backyard for apparently wearing a hoodie.

Why not? The Citizens Party are the main drivers towards re-establishing Public Banking which will include Insurance too.