Should there be more or less privatisation of hospital and healthcare services?

Less. Public health is all our problem. Privatisation = profit for a select few

Absolutely not or we will end up like the USA where people's health will be dependent upon if they have insurance or not. The medicare system as it is has been working so why change it.

Health should be about health not about profits. Everything Australia has privatised has hurt EVERY SINGLE AUSTRALIAN especially in $'s. We have worn the high cost of everything you have taken away from us. You want people to be unable to access health, follow the american way and privatise it, want a healthy australia, get private corporate interests out of our health care.
STOP SELLING US OFF TO CORPORATE INTERESTS FOR FINANCIAL GAIN!!!

Less privatisation, however the public system needs to be accountable for health outcomes and spending. Compared to private companies, public health systems are very bad at monitoring spending. Privatisation is good for choice, but it should not be prioritized over universal health care.

Less, reduce privatisation of hospitals but increase privatisation of health care services like specialist

Provide more government funding to the industry, while allowing certain healthcare services to keep their private status.

The healthcare system should be free along with sanitary and food services. Healthcare system between the rich and poor should be the same. They all should be goverment hospitals and a bill should be put in place and enforced to raise the percentile of money being given to hospitals/healthcare by the government

I support the Government funding hospitals however I believe they need to look at what they are actually spending the money on - too much is spent on management and bloated administration and not enough on front line services

The whole system needs to be rebuilt.

Less, hospitals should be co-operatively owned by union member employees and democratically elected employers

There should be privatised health services, but the government should be regulating them properly and also funding a lot more than now. Government should drastically decrease military funding and support the peoples health and educational services.

Less, provide more government funding and RATIOS

Health care should be Free.

It is fine now

More, and privatise and the key sections of the healthcare industry

only for people with private health care should be able to have it.

only people with private health care should have it.

Less privatisation; maintain a balance between both private and healthcare services; increase funding for public healthcare and hospital services.

Subsidies private clinics to be accessible to more people in the community, prevent unnecessary surgeries due to people not receiving treatment by allied health that can prevent or delay need for surgeries and reduce wait lists

I am a small business working under the ndis. We need to keep these programs and put money into disability and rather ensure these businesses have some understanding of health and structures in place.

People paying private insurance shouldn't have such high out of pocket expenses too. Some of this should be payed by the government as well.

Hospitals should work side-by-side with existing non-medical health care systems, just as they do in other countries like India & China. Funding should go to all systems equally with equipment shared. The outcome should be to maximise positive health outcomes instead of the current system of hooking up patients to progressively more expensive drugs/treatments, increasing long-term suffering unnecessarily & ending their life prematurely. The whole money-engineering mentality must change.

I am happy with the balance of public and private health ownership but strongly support more funding for public with some form of fee to discourage trivial and unjustified call on emergency services.

I oppose the Levy. It’s up to the individual if you feel as if you are healthy and fit why should have private health

More and let those with private health claim more for their money.

More, and provide more government funding/prioritise public hospitals

I think somewhere in the middle of all. If people have money for better health care,then let them have it..If people don't have enough money they should get help from normal health care.But if the person is really sick and in death an life situation,i think there should be ways to have private health care

Private Health Insurance should cover all procedures in all hospitals with no out of pocket cost

Should be free.

We need staff to ratio laws in aged care

More, but only to help the public system

Less, and there should be no privatization of the healthcare industry- However external management should be applied

the whole health system is over-worked and underfunded. Until a more supportive health system exists (for patients and staff alike) the argument of privatisation is irrelevant. However, more public specialist services would definitely be an asset in many communities.

Unavoidable conditions at not fault of your own should receive some government funding. For example Type 1 diabetes.

Yes in small towns where there is none

Fix the inefficiency of the public health system

Silly how working people have to pay so much for doctors when they need it more especially for work while people on Centrelink stuck on job seeker get to go for free especially with people sitting at home and don't need to really go to the doctors for work.

Regulate the health funds

you cannot have more public healthcare in an already buckling system. However, the current private insurance fees are not feasible for most families.

Less privitization & more funding for low income and non-citizens

There needs to be a body overseeing private health funds

As long as there is a strong public subsidised core for health it’s imperative all gave access to solid health support

Hospitals eed to b accountable not exploiting use of onus of proof legislation to make workers pay for work injuries. Blackwood vs Toward precedent is unscientific but used to have workers fund work injuries. Radiological term used to dismiss work post traumatic arthritis as personal. Injuries dismissed as perso al a ovoid risk mitigation & increase maiming

Privatise clinics, increase funding to hospitals.

More, and end government subsidies & More, and privatize the entire healthcare industry.

Nothing wrong with public and private healthcare just make it more accessible

Less but increase tax to pay for the health service

there should be more funding for all health services for people on lower- middle incomes and higher income earners should be incentivised to take out private insurance to decrease burden on public health

I think it should continue the way it is now.

More but the % growth of privatisation must be the same if not higher % growth of government funding for public healthcare

Less, and there should be a reduction in privatization of the healthcare industry

Private balances itself out through public competition

Socalised medicine 💊 is what we need

I think there should be more of both types of services in general and private services need to be more relaxed with who they accept.

i don’t understand

The current amount is fine, just abolish subsidies

Life/Death Treatment should be available to all, free of charge. Elective Cosmetic surgery etc should be paid fully out of pocket.

More, But regulate the privatisation to ensure that healthcare is fair for the people.

No Privatising

The church should run healthcare

More, and provides more government funding.

Localise healthcare funding to local councils

Less, and Pensioners should have access to free private health insurance to ensure high quality and timely care.

Only charitable or religious hospitals

Less, but keep the workers paid well and working good hours.

i think healthcare should be equal and available to everyone.

I think that there should be more done in the health department, more free health care and more people in the health industry.

make what we have cheaper

More privatisation however heavily regulated and keep Medicare funding

hospital and health care services should be free/cheaper for all

Just get the government out of the goddamn industry already!

Less, however people who earn less than 20k a year should have extra government funding options for dental and surgery needs.

The health system is getting to a point that the expense is beginning to outweigh the benefit of having private health cover whether you qualify for the extra levy or not

The wrong question. A Royal Commission into healthcare services is needed, similar to the banking RC, to bring to light the unnecessary test, procedures and operations that are carried out. A Best Interest Duty, similar to what the Future of Financial Advice (2013) FOFA reforms brought to financial planning industry.

No, more rigorous approaches to public spending

Same level of privatisation along with increased government funding for non private healthcare

We are so lucky to have a public health system . Count your blessings.

Keepp the same

There should be a public healthcare industry that will support everyone in the country.

I feel happy with things, I haven't had an issue but I do need to understand our healthcare system in more detail.

There needs to be a client focussed feedback process for medical treatment from all medical professionals

I would usually be in favour but as a NT resident I believe the public health system is in distress and not good enough and given the low social economics health care should be readily available to all

I am satisfied with the current system but believe there should be more money put into public healthcare.

More in needed areas

with benifts and disasters of both privatisation or government funding I would say a complete redo of the system is in order.

Quicker times

Needs to be equal

I don’t even know what this means.

keep the same amount of privatisation but increase government funding

They should be able to co exist together while providing the same medical care with the difference being nicer rooms and potentially quicker service for non emergencies at private hospitals

Remain with number privatised, however stricter government guidelines and inspectots should be present.

Everyone who has a job have private health as happened until this free health came in. It was terrible in Qld in the 60s. But great in WA where everyone contributed

I think that if people who are paying for private health need to actually be fully covered or more covered than what they currently are.
People you aren’t paying anything are fully covered and to me that just doesn’t make sense.
It’s us the tax payers that pay for both our own health insurance and also public patients.
Yet we are still having to pay extra on top of our health insurance plus tax.
We just need a little more cover

I am satisfied with the current system except for private being too expensive

I think there should definitely be more government funding specifically for those within a lower economic status, however, if people wish to choose private hospitals and healthcare services there should be a range of options available also.

Less, Dentistry should be subsidised as a necessary part of the healthcare system

less and it should cost more

This is a complex issue that cannot be answered by a check box

There should be more government funding of hospital and healthcare services but if private providers also exist people should be able to chose