I'm lucky to say i've never experienced a lot of pain.
A cold or a sore throat was always easily fixed with a trip to the doctors, even now with such a shortage in the medical profession I get in on the day due to connections. Only recently have i realized how lucky, actually privileged is more accurate to what i am. My family has always been covered by private health insurance, which came as a blessing when i was younger with my numerous hospitalizations. I was not a healthy child. As i've grown older and healthier i've been grateful not to have to return to hospital so frequently, i think even those who have experienced hospitalization and the costs involved outside cover will take it for granted.
Health care in Australia is universal, or so i thought. With medicare claiming to cover all Australian citizens, basic health needs are being met for those living close to an appropriate facility. But what about those who cannot access such facilities?
I was saddened to find that the indigenous population of our country are being grossly overlooked under healthcare. With some of our sickest indigenous groups being 'un-eligible' for medicare. How can an organization, especially a government funded one, claim to be universal when it neglects one of out most precious populations?
Imagine having two doctor visits at most a year, with gaps up to six months in between.
Our indigenous population die almost 17 years before the average person in Australia, and with the rate of funding being put into certain indigenous health programs, this number is not going to change.
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