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SECURITY
of HEALTH CARE
Australia
is being directed towards a Health system that will culminate in a bipartite
system, whereas those at the lower end of the 'socio-economic' scale, or
pensioner and concession card holders, will, in the immediate future, be able to
access basic Medicare facilities.
However,
those who earn more than $32,500 will be subjected to an ever-increasing
'user-pays' system that will see many families unable to afford a visit to their
family doctor.
Taxpayer's
money MUST be provided to upgrade our hospitals, and other associated medical
facilities, so as ALL Australians, regardless of their financial circumstances,
can access Government provided Health services.
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Health
Care System
There is no doubt, the entire Health Care
system needs reform.
The hospital sector alone has serious problems that require immediate attention, i.e.
inadequate facilities, lack of equipment etc.
A major community concern regarding Aged Care and Housing,
as with the overall Health Care system, is the lack of injection of taxpayer generated funds
and the ill-advised funding cuts by successive Federal and State governments.
Minimal resources that are in
need of URGENT ATTENTION
include:
 | NEW PUBLIC HOSPITALS... urgent capital infrastructure programs to build additional public hospitals, the urgent upgrade of existing hospitals and associated facilities, MUST be the priority of government spending of taxpayer dollars
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| HOSPITAL BEDS... without additional hospital beds being returned to a minimium level of 5 beds per 1,000 residents, the public hospital system will collapse!
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| NEW AGED CARE FACILITIES... as the well-known issue of Australia's aging population is becoming a reality, urgently needed 'public' Aged Care Residential infrastructures are paramount
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| DOCTORS, NURSES and associated health professionals... additional medical professionals MUST be recuited as a matter of urgency for existing and new public hospitals
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| WAITING LISTS... immediate reduction of unacceptable waiting lists of years for non-elective and elective surgery, MUST be eliminated.
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| HOME CARE... funding for the disabled and senior Australians MUST be increased |
