Streaky Bay is at the forefront of a national crisis: inadequate government funding is exacerbating a shortage of critical healthcare workers like Dr Bradley; wait times are ballooning; doctors are beginning to write their own rules on fees, and costs to patients are skyrocketing.

A once-revered universal healthcare system is crumbling at every level, sometimes barely getting by on the sheer willpower of doctors and local communities.

As a result, more and more Australians, regardless of where they live, are delaying or going without the care they need.

  • doug@lemmy.today
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    2 days ago

    Oh GOD no! Who the FUCK would vote against Universal Healthcare?? Especially after you already have it? What the FUCK?

    • Emily (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      Technically both sides have almost identical policies in the upcoming election - only because the Liberals (who are conservative) copy pasted Labor’s policy in a pretty lame attempt to overcome their (rightfully earned) reputation as a threat to Medicare. That said, Labor introduced the rebate freeze back in 2013, so who knows.

      The only party offering a real solution are the Greens, who (hopefully) might form a minority government with Labor like they did in 2010.