I am yet to see any western nations go bankrupt for universal healthcare.
I have three second-hand cancer experiences from family here in Australia (Dad, Mum and my half-sister - under 35/yo). All three were detected early thanks to regular checkups and screening (covered under Medicare), treated in major hospitals (Dad was in a rural hospital, Mum and half-sister in Metro major city hospitals) and are all alive and certainly not in debt. The biggest cost was parking at the hospital, drinks from the vending machine and the PBS medication (all PBS medicine costs $31.60 for adults, and $7.70 for concessions).
Any PBS medication has the full-cost price printed on the label for reference, more often than not the printed prices go from $300 - $2,000, but I remember that these aren't the full price anyway since our government collectively bargains for cheaper prices on OS medication).
I can't imagine having to pay for treatment AND the insane full price of medications, it must be so much more stressful for families going through cancer treatment.
Americans, don't let the media and your government tell you otherwise. Universal healthcare is cheaper [0] and more effective than whatever archaic system you have now.
I am so god damn proud of our system in Australia, it's not perfect, but damn it's so efficient for critical care, thank heavens for Medicare and the PBS.
Oh and for those that say "well doctors aren't paid very well"... they are. My brother-in-law is a surgeon and he's doing pretty well for himself, bought a new Audi last month for his wife, heading to Europe for a month-long holiday with his family and just moved into a new house.
Reminds me of Electronicos Fantasticos (Japan) who re-purposes old items (TV's old fans, barcode scanners etc...) and makes electronic music. Super interesting stuff!
I started a job as a software engineer, first day. The engineering team mostly use Macbooks, my manager asked if I preferred Mac or Windows. I said mac.
I got my Mac, but needed IT helpdesk to set it up (VPN, admin access etc...). I got told there was no ticketing system and for me to drop it off at the helpdesk instead. I did that, but was promptly told that 'Macbooks are hard to set up, so f off...' (yes, he swore at me).
I left stunned back to my manager, he followed up with head of IT and that guy was ordered to apologise to me and was reprimanded. Safe to say I had my Macbook set up within minutes by someone else. Not a great first day.
When I started my current job, they asked me Mac or PC laptop and I said Mac. A couple days later a PC arrives. When I'm on the call with the IT guy to get things set up I mentioned I requested a Mac but PC is fine too and he said he never heard about my choice. Later I find out someone else on the team had the exact same experience, and we found out the preference WAS communicated. We've long since gotten a new IT guy and I'll probably switch to Mac when my current machine gets to three years old.
Fun fact: Domino's Australia is the R&D capital for Domino's worldwide. All the latest tech gets developed and tested here. Surprised they haven't rolled out their tech worldwide yet...
All stores have a DRU Pizza Checker (AI powered camera to check every pizza as it comes out of the oven)[1][2].
Some stores in the state of Queensland even have automated DOM robots to deliver pizzas[3] and even drones[4].
Source: Worked closely with Domino's in an old job (not employed by Domino's). Their office was super fun to navigate through with robotics engineers, software developers and more working on some impressive stuff.
Why can't I just spend an hour or two submitting to the sites you do but manually? You publicly show each site and the submission/email method [1]. I guess some people pay for convenience.
I have three second-hand cancer experiences from family here in Australia (Dad, Mum and my half-sister - under 35/yo). All three were detected early thanks to regular checkups and screening (covered under Medicare), treated in major hospitals (Dad was in a rural hospital, Mum and half-sister in Metro major city hospitals) and are all alive and certainly not in debt. The biggest cost was parking at the hospital, drinks from the vending machine and the PBS medication (all PBS medicine costs $31.60 for adults, and $7.70 for concessions).
Any PBS medication has the full-cost price printed on the label for reference, more often than not the printed prices go from $300 - $2,000, but I remember that these aren't the full price anyway since our government collectively bargains for cheaper prices on OS medication).
I can't imagine having to pay for treatment AND the insane full price of medications, it must be so much more stressful for families going through cancer treatment.
Americans, don't let the media and your government tell you otherwise. Universal healthcare is cheaper [0] and more effective than whatever archaic system you have now.
I am so god damn proud of our system in Australia, it's not perfect, but damn it's so efficient for critical care, thank heavens for Medicare and the PBS.
Oh and for those that say "well doctors aren't paid very well"... they are. My brother-in-law is a surgeon and he's doing pretty well for himself, bought a new Audi last month for his wife, heading to Europe for a month-long holiday with his family and just moved into a new house.
[0] https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.XPD.CHEX.PC.CD?most_...
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