You're right. Private Health care is a joke, it enables you to skip the queue if you're willing to pay for private health care but you won't find me using them

You're right. Private Health care is a joke, it enables you to skip the queue if you're willing to pay for private health care but you won't find me using them. I elected to cancel my private health care this year, it means in terms of tax I'm slightly worse off by a couple of hundred dollars (AUD) or so. But it means it goes to the Government rather than a private healthcare fund that seeks to make a profit. If I do need elective surgery in the future though, it's likely far away as a healthy 34 year old. I'll pay for it in cash which likely would only be double my out of pocket expenses for an elective surgery anyway.