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In the sense that the public library is also not "free", which is to say, an extremely silly sense. There are people in the US who say "I cannot afford to go t
by bandrami 3y ago
In the sense that the public library is also not "free", which is to say, an extremely silly sense.
There are people in the US who say "I cannot afford to go to the doctor" when they are sick; this does not happen in Australia.
- jojobas 3y agoIt does. Dentistry is excluded from Medicare entirely, and with many "elective" procedures (i.e. ligament repairs, endometriosis removal, tonsillectomy) you might have to wait it pain for months until you're seen, unless you have private insurance and are willing to pay the "gap". That doesn't mean to say that it's as bad as in the US, but it does exist. I'd also go out on a limb and say that there are more poor people in the USA than in Australia per capita, which might factor into how many people can't afford healthcare.
- bandrami 3y agoYeah, you have to wait for months in the US, too. I have no idea how this talking point got started but whoever came up with it clearly hasn't dealt with healthcare in the US. Months-long waits for non-emergency appointments have been the norm for decades.