The point of social health is to set a standard of access to health care that no-one is denied. I do not have a problem with a wealthy society making that distinction and bearing the consequences of implementing it. I have experienced the Australian and American systems of health. Both have their pros and cons - both are superior in some areas and inferior in others. Despite what ideological extremes claim, neither will cause the end of the world.
With all that being said, this
article is typical mass media drivvle
that does nothing to address the issues over the arguments between private vs public health systems.
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The Productivity Commission released a report,
Australia's Health Workforce
on January 19th. It is 435 pages and I don't quite have the time to go right through it. As a consequence I don't dig much deeper than the recommendations, sorry.
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The Economist has some figures of health spending as a percent of GDP.
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Two medical disorders that owe their existence to political advocacy:
Crack babies
(via
Reason
and
Slate
), and
Alzheimers
.
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