[RAZOR]

Hello Razor

Its an interesting comparison

Although the land size of Queensland is (almost) 5x that of California (424,000 sq.km v 1,853,000 sq.km) the Population comparison is probably more relevant.

Queensland Aust: 4,048,467

California US: 36,756,666

The population of California is greater than the whole of the Australia (about 22 million)

Population levels and population density has a dramatic effect on the revenue base that medical services can be funded from - whether public or private.

It may be true that the health care available in Queensland (or any part of Australia) is below that available in the US however the main argument is how much care you (the population) get for your $.

LoBelly

LoBelly, you are certainly correct, its how much care for the $. What is your experience with the Australian health system, private and public, I will say that my daughter, she is a nurse, and son in law spoke in only goods terms about both systems, only that in the public system their is a waiting list, and for some things, that are not life threatening, but would contribute to quality of life you may never get the care needed.If you take the population of the US, I cant imagine how long the list might be.
By the way they loved Australia, and the people, never could figure out the hamburger that had fried egg, and everything else under the sun on it.


The other problem no one has spoken about is how our doctors will take this change, the AMA which is liberal has spoken against the community organizers plan, and if things get too crazy we will lose our health care professionals, my daughter has said they would go back to Australia in a moment, our doctors face issues that other countries do not, one being Tort reform, and concern where that is going.