Notably, I also live on an island, surrounded by water. To leave this island costs minimum… Multiple hundreds of dollars.
So for me personally, even if I could, in the private system, get into a doctor I “preferred”, in a different state, the cost would be so astronomical as to not be worth it… Hence, I wouldn’t bother.
But that is still an OPTION, for me, because I actually have private health insurance, unlike most Australians, New Zealanders, Brits, Spanish, French, Brazilians, Germans, etc. in all these countries, you don’t actually need it to get good healthcare, so many, many young, fit, healthy people simply won’t bother…
But that means putting up with the public health system, and all that includes, as I outlined.
Notably, I also live on an island, surrounded by water. To leave this island costs minimum… Multiple hundreds of dollars.
So for me personally, even if I could, in the private system, get into a doctor I “preferred”, in a different state, the cost would be so astronomical as to not be worth it… Hence, I wouldn’t bother.
But that is still an OPTION, for me, because I actually have private health insurance, unlike most Australians, New Zealanders, Brits, Spanish, French, Brazilians, Germans, etc. in all these countries, you don’t actually need it to get good healthcare, so many, many young, fit, healthy people simply won’t bother…
But that means putting up with the public health system, and all that includes, as I outlined.