Investing in public health saves lives.

Hurts. History repeats.
Overwhelmed (even more) hospital staff. Important details omitted.
Seniors. ie. not. Bedded down in the geriatric ward. Also, still short staffed.
Pan. ie. bed. Plan B. Also, patients. Way too many (not their fault).
Investment. To fix this health care crisis. Also incomplete medical notes.
Toilet. Plan A. Please god, plan A. Also tired, ie. everyone, and stop the tax cuts.
Accidents & Errors. Inevitable when staff exhausted. Investment, not tax cuts.
Love. Not for love or money. Burnout. Get out. Real life “Survivor“.

The entrance to the Emergency section of Canberra Hospital and the complex’s main tower, by Nick D, Creative Commons Attribution: Share Alike 3.0

Aussies, give your vote to the person that shows they care by putting their money where their mouth is. Our health, public health. In Australia, public hospital costs are shared between the national and state/territory governments.

Unfortunately my TL is back in hospital, ladies and gentlemen. I may need to take another blogging break. I’ll let you know or fail to show. How poetic!

Take care, everyone.
Kind Regards.
Tracy.

33 thoughts on “Back On The Hustings (NaPoWriMo #4)”

  1. In well to do countries access to health services would seem to be a no brainer, and has almost immediate benefits to the whole population, and yet they trim and cut, and tell us it’s all for the better. It’s like our Social Security payments here in the states: lots of people are against it, until the qualify for it. Then the only way to take it away is to pry it from their cold, dead, hands… and being this is the USA I’m talking about that means prying their AR-15 from them first.

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    1. I agree, Lou. Investment in public health makes good economic sense, not to mention it is the decent thing to do.
      Unemployment payments here are $46 a day. That’s below the poverty line. People can’t function, especially as it is often accompanied by ill health. Sure there is some addiction, but addiction is not only a problem for people on welfare. There are addicts who also manage to hold down high paying jobs. I know little about the AR-nutters in your country, but i guess since wages and welfare are so low people will seek out other illegal markets to make a living. Then you’ve got people who want to protect themselves from other people who have guns, it all gets out of hand. This is the model that some want to adopt over here. Those people trade in fear in the guise of freedom. Anyway, enough of my preaching.

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  3. Well said, real life “Survivor”…
    So sorry to hear about your TL being back in the hospital, I hope he’s better and back home with you, where he belongs, as soon as possible.

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  4. Best healing wishes to all, Tracy. And yes, may we all get our priorities in order. Years ago, I was a volunteer at our local “people’s clinic” Their slogan was healthcare is for people, not for profit. We would all do well to return to this.

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    1. Thank you, Steph. I totally agree. People value our public Medicare system here, but like the NHS, it has been underfunded for years. Still there is a section of the community that would rather pay less tax to fund it, rather than direct those taxes to this vital service that benefits us all.

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    1. Our public hospitals deal with most of the emergencies, cancer treatments, long term rehab and the really complicated cases. The quality of medical care is normally excellent. At least that is my impression. But the medical staff are super busy, often short staffed and waiting lists for elective procedures are very long. Too long. Treatment in public hospital is meant to be free for everyone, Anne. The public system is always being asked to do more with less. Private hospitals are good for planned surgeries/procedures if you have private health insurance. Medicare (public subsidy) covers some of the physians cost incurred in private sector too. You don’t have to wait as long.Bur private cover is very expensive. Young, healthy people are dropping out of it which increases the cost to those remaining. This pushes insurers costs up even more. Out of pocket expenses can be huge. It is possible that treatment in private hospitals might only be for the super rich soon. The one good thing about our private insurance system is that insurers can’t refuse to insure anyone and the fees are not higher for people with chronic conditions, although there is generally a 12 month waiting period. Sorry, you probably didn’t need to know all that.

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      1. Tracey, it’s exactly the same here. Before we could get on Medicare, we were paying a lot for health insurance because we were not covered by an employer. We also have long wait times for elective procedures. The world is in a terrible state. I hope your TL is home now.

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  9. All positive thoughts to your TL, and to you of course. Offering appropriate support is often as hard as being in the hospital bed. Despite your pointed piece, which could equally have been written in England, I hope he receives excellent care and is home soon.

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