Give a man an inch, he wants a foot. Give a man a foot, he wants a yard. Give a man a yard he wants a swimming pool installed in it. Alfred E. Neuman, sometime in the sixties.
He's right. $8000 for 12 hours in emergency in the USA? Probably about the same here. Difference is the taxpayer picks up the tab in Oz. The other issue is that health care is perceived as "free" which encourages people to use or overuse as a sense of entitlement rather than need. Using...
Hilarious. Clearly a very funny lady. We need more like that. How anyone can take offence at that is beyond me. There are some humorless people out there.
I come from a non medical clinical background with an interest in general medicine. I suspect that the condition I think she has is being treated with a particularly unpleasant cytotoxic agent with a high risk of permanent side effects including hearing and kidney damage as well as damage to the...
Not just self serve. Our Coles (Kalamunda WA) staff at manned checkouts always ask if I have any bulk items. I thought it was to make it easier to pack the trolley. Apparently not the case.
We live in a free market which is why the CCC can't regulate prices. Companies and individuals can charge what they like, or to put it another way, what the market will bear. Supermarket chains first loyalty is to their shareholders. Competition is the key. Do you want to revert to retail price...