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The numbers are certainly rubbery. As Nicnat writes, there is no mention that the aged pension will not be paid to everyone. Also, I've tried several retirement calculators & they seldom allow you to index your withdrawals to allow for inflation eroding your lifestyle (despite happily allowing...

The title could be aptly applied to every public hospital in Australia, Government run same as the private sector.

As others rightly state, this is a huge impost on small business. And it was never intended to work this way. Decades ago when they started Super (at just 3%) the plan was always to gradually raise it in steps... to a maximum of 9% contributed by employers. It was acknowledged this is still...

The implication appears to be the gap is due to doctors overcharging. They are not - get over it. Medicare is an underinsurance scam of little interest to the Insurer (government) except forgetting perceived election mileage. The pathetically low "rebate" is set by the monopoly Insurer & will...

I remember reading about an interaction between a speaker engaged by the Vic Government & a gentleman at one of many forums organised when compulsory wearing of seatbelts was coming in. The gentleman facetiously asked, "What, you reckon I have to wear a seatbelt every time I drive"? The speaker...

If someone's $3M+ SMSF is all property & too little cash, that's their mistake. They need an incentive to properly diversify their mix of assets. And the logic equating selling an investment property as reducing the rental pool is an epic fail. The property doesn't vanish. Either another...

Sadly all the votes to be had from Health covering actions have long passed & politicians actually don't care - they need the money for other vote-winning promises. Medicare is a huge underinsurance scam - you are covered for half of what you're worth, if that. Where is the media? Why is no...

What a misleading headline! Building, maintaining & managing Public Hospitals is a core State Government responsibility. And the Government doing their actual job is being twisted as being "Good News"? And the numbers are very rubbery. $630M will NOT fund 9 new or expanded hospitals. It...

I was contacted well in advance so knew about the changes/temporary access issues. Can't say I understand why it needs to be for so long to change administration. That seems excessive. So long as the new group are quicker to process stuff in future.

Wow, you guys at SDC really love Labor & their Medicare lies. Where's the asterisk on the link to the article (I'm assuming you're getting paid to spruik this Labor propaganda)? Let's be clear, Labor have manufactured the GP shortage, BB crisis & lack of after hours doctor availability. For...

Well, colloidal silver is not a herb. It's a heavy metal! Look up Argyria. The only case I've ever seen was in a lady taking colloidal silver!

Where did SDC really get this article? Who calls carbonated soft-drinks Soda in Australia? Also most of the details about the side effects are pseudoscientific gobbledegook. For instance, phosphoric acid could help dissolve bones - in a beaker! But since our bodies break down compounds in a...

People have long had these available. Yet the mortality rate pre-true antibiotics was enormous. Says a lot about their real efficacy!

The odds are your husband's treating doctor used the term "root" in an attempt to explain a concept s/he wished to convey. Don't get me wrong. I'm not trolling. Your husband's sad experience is contrary to normal. BCCs only spread by direct growth & can be extensive if there long enough -...

Actually, that is incorrect. BCCs can uncommonly grow inwards as well as outwards, but not "roots". It sounds more likely your husband had SCC. Even then it would net explain the quoted cost. No clinics are "funded by Medicare". It is Patients who are insured for a specified, limited rebate...

Can SDC kindly explain why the $9000? Is she an overseas student so not covered by Medicare? Even then it would have to be an expensive version of plastic surgery level of charge. BCCs essentially don't spread, so local excision is curative.

Where's the "Ha Ha" button? There's zero chance the texts mentioning mountains all mean this man-made pyramid. As for whether the scans have detected man-made objects, how that can be construed as supporting his imaginative views is ludicrous.

Yeah right. $7 to see a GP is so like in the US - NOT! And since Labor wouldn't do anything real to support General Practice, we pay $40 odd dollars extra out of pocket. And that's supposed to be a better deal than $7? Get real SDC.

Like hell it is. The government fund it from our taxes, & it is shonky underinsurance even then. The only reason they spruik it is because people don't get it, focussing on getting something supposedly for free, & so it's a vote-winner.

What do you expect for $41 rebate? They call it universal health insurance, & the government spruik Medicare shamelessly, but only insure us for less than half what it costs. What other businesses can survive on over 50% discount?