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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.
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, but it beats the shit out of alternatives.
