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And yet Australia where health care IS free the cost is much much much lower. With a caveat. Some people DO try and abuse the system but they are gently encouraged not to do so (I.e. turning up to the hospital with vague stomach pains and packed bags and admitting you have just been tossed out of your accomodation will NOT get you admitted to the hospital but it might get you a chair in the waiting room overnight.
but even here our difficulty is often getting people to admit they ARE sick because "they don't want to bother anyone" so you get women (men are wussier) with massive cancerous growths in obvious severe pain, appologising for making a fuss
I have to admit, I don't know much about Australian healthcare(I know more about England), but I have suspicions that there are a lot of reasons as to why their health care is cheaper then ours outside of what we are currently discussing. I also suspect that Australians would act sa you describe, but Americans won't. Women in this country tend to overuse medical services. Men tend to use health services a lot less. It's one of hte reasons that health insurance companies will charge women higher premiums then men. As an example, if I go to the doctor, it's because something is severely wrong. I have occasional heart palpatations. Have for years. I still haven't gotten around to getting that checked out.
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