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  • biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.workstoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•Those in countries with universal healthcare, what's it like?
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    9 days ago

    Apparently here in Victoria it is covered by Medicare, but depends on which specialist you get. I feel for you for forking over that kind of cash, but from what I’ve been told from the many ADHDers in my life, as much as the cost might hurt at first, it’ll end up being worth it. Although, it would be a heck of a lot better to be covered by Medicare.

    Personally, I’m planning to get ADHD and Autism assessments in the future (not sure how soon, but probably a year or two away, since I’m still compiling data on myself), so I really should be doing research on eligibility for subsidisation for either.

  • biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.workstoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•Those in countries with universal healthcare, what's it like?
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    10 days ago

    How could I forget those absolute legends?

    I did some research and turns out the RFDS has 23 bases and a fleet of 79 planes, with a much smaller fleet of helicopters for rugged terrain and short, urgent trips.

    It mainly relies on a combination of donations and government funding, and is of course a non profit. It also tends towards mainly outback service, rather than equivalent organisations in other nations, which tend to focus on a mix of urban and rural service.

    Anyway, I’ll probably spend the next few hours obsessively looking up everything about the RFDS, and solidify that my sleep schedule is actually so shattered, but damn it’s an interesting organisation.

  • biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.workstoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•Those in countries with universal healthcare, what's it like?
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    10 days ago

    Australia

    Two years ago, my dad slipped at the boat ramp and broke his wrist. He went in the local ER, presented the family Medicare card, and they worked right away to put his arm in a cast and prescribe pain medication to him. Nothing was paid out of pocket, and the card was just to verify identity, since nothing is really deducted or anything.

    A few months later, he got stung on the ankle by a stingray (luckily the barb didn’t break in his leg,) and was driven to the ER by a step-family member he was able to peddle his bike to quickly. His leg was quickly put in warm water and got given antibiotics, and was admitted for a week stay. After 3 days, it was healed enough for him to voluntarily return home, even though the full stay was still there for assurance. Yet again nothing was paid out of pocket.

    For general checkups and appointments, it’s a bit hit or miss, where sometimes you need to pay around $70 AUD, but for others it is fully subsidised. For example, a blood test I had recently was fully free, whereas my most recent dental appointment required payment.

    The cool thing is that I actually found out through my MyGov account that Medicare emailed a notice telling me that they owed me $100 and a couple cents, since it was some sort of post-appointment subsidy. Pretty neat honestly, didn’t know at the time they’d even consider doing that.

    There’s also a new tier of healthcare facilities which were and are still being built by the Albanese Labor government both last and this term, which are called Urgent Care Clinics, basically being mini hospitals for mainly physical issues like broken arms, cuts or other injuries, which are easy enough to treat. These were created to ease the burden on emergency departments of full blown hospitals, so as to allow more elderly and sick patients to get treatment with less delay.