Posted by alienatari on April 20, 2005, at 19:45:18 [reposted on April 20, 2005, at 20:38:46 | original URL]
In reply to Re: English Psychiatry » Nickengland, posted by Phillipa on April 20, 2005, at 18:12:24
> The USA keeps talking about becoming socialized but I can't see how it would happen. You get free docs and drugs, but not a choice. Fondly, Phillipa
Would it be all that different than it is in Australia? We have the PBS and medicare. Medicare pays for GPS's and usually most of a psychatrist consultation (for me it pays for all of it but it just depends on how much your pdoc charges). Also, you can ask your GP who you want to see. I picked my Doctor. So medication isnt that expensive because of the PBS but Im really freaking out because of the free trade agreement with America. They have been talking about scrapping the PBS and other stuff. Its scary. I dont want an insurance system for meds :(
But anyway, yea its not that great here though either. The Public Psychatric hospitals are a nightmare, the waiting lists for public treatment (even private docs) are long and so on. Its quite annoying.
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