Newsnight grrrrr

[Lucy]

$80? Nah ... what kind of GP cost $80? Once you get the money back from Medicare, it won't be $80. More like $10 - $15/ visit. And if you go to bulk bill medical centre it's free (for citizen & residents of course).

I lived on the north shore in Sydney, four years ago. The doctors I saw only bulk-billed if you were on welfare, I never had any need to go to a medical centre.

[xoggoth]

When anyone criticises the awful NHS why do people always refer to the US as though it is typical of health services with a market element? In many other countries, Australia and France eg, there is a decent basic system and you can then pay for additional care. That's what we should have, not this piss awful socialist system.