Fuck!!!
Day off work sick. I lose a day's pay.
I go to the doctor's $40
He sees me and says you need to buy 7 prescription medications (For three different ailments at god knows what cost) and have another 2 days off.
If I win the lottery I don't care about the economic downturn I am putting BIG money into the health care sector in share investment. I will make a killing!!
I thought health care in Australia was nationalized.
That is the funny thing. It is we pay 1.5% of our taxable income to Medicare which then supports the healthcare system and public health.
Medicare does support the cost of medical appointments and so on to a specified amount but what the doctors do is charge what they like and get the customer to pay the "gap" (difference) whilst knowing that they will get a kickback from the government.
They also make more money if they have a little chemist or Pharmacy alongside their medical practice...and they all do.
(7 prescriptions?)