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<blockquote data-quote="Mep" data-source="post: 1928624" data-attributes="member: 211362"><p>We aren't completely covered here.... we just pay a lower price for some things. I get my needles for free and that's all I get for free... the rest I pay for.</p><p></p><p>As for me my health is costing me a small fortune.... I see all my specialists but one privately which is always out of pocket expense. I pay a fair bit for medications, not all my tests the specialists want to do are subsidised (rare to get them completely covered too), and one of my medical supplies will cost me $6000 per year. I'm on reduced income as I can not work full time hours. So I pay for private health and still pay for out of pocket expenses as private health doesn't cover everything, nor do govt schemes here. They cover some things and not other things (I really mean subsidise though as rarely things are fully covered).... thing is we don't get to choose what illnesses we get. I can spend $4000 easily per quarter on my health.... which isn't really affordable for me. I'm foregoing christmas this year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mep, post: 1928624, member: 211362"] We aren't completely covered here.... we just pay a lower price for some things. I get my needles for free and that's all I get for free... the rest I pay for. As for me my health is costing me a small fortune.... I see all my specialists but one privately which is always out of pocket expense. I pay a fair bit for medications, not all my tests the specialists want to do are subsidised (rare to get them completely covered too), and one of my medical supplies will cost me $6000 per year. I'm on reduced income as I can not work full time hours. So I pay for private health and still pay for out of pocket expenses as private health doesn't cover everything, nor do govt schemes here. They cover some things and not other things (I really mean subsidise though as rarely things are fully covered).... thing is we don't get to choose what illnesses we get. I can spend $4000 easily per quarter on my health.... which isn't really affordable for me. I'm foregoing christmas this year. [/QUOTE]
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