the butterfly effect

July 04 2009

asunburntcountry:

Medicare logo via www.medicareaustralia.gov.au

It’s not perfect and the vertical fiscal imbalance between the Commonwealth (that’s our fancy word for Federal) and State governments is a nuisance for funding public hospitals run by the states however UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE RULES.

Just one of the reasons I’m glad to be Australian and it’s the reason I can work as a health professional knowing every citizen has access to healthcare. - Nurse Lyall

Funnily enough, I wrote a big spiel about this yesterday but it got all rambly so stuck it in drafts. Exactly what Lyall said. It has it’s faults and challenges but I’m really proud of the world-class health care delivery we all get.

I’ll third that motion.

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••• Here’s why the US is still a 3rd world country when it come to health care… a few days back the NY Times wrote an...
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Does it count if it’s not from an American?
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fourth’d. we have a load of problems with out health care system, witness first hand by a lot of us commenting i’m sure,...
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Having worked in the U.S.’s managed health care system (military medic-EMT and LPN), I’m all for this. Sure, overall,...
butterflyeffects reblogged this from mabelmoments and added:

I’ll third that motion.
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Be proud of your healthcare, Oz! -from one envious (and uninsured) yank.
scarydan reblogged this from asunburntcountry and added:

Good luck all my American friends. Here’s hoping you get there soon! If not…come here any time. First
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Funnily enough, I wrote...big spiel about this yesterday but it got all rambly so stuck it...
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