Private health insurance funds private health and is provided by a number of private health insurance organisations, called health funds. The Coalition under Tony pledged to privatise Medibank if it won the 2010 election but was again defeated by Labor. Privatisation was again a Coalition policy for the 2013 election, which the Coalition won.
17% More |
69% Less |
17% More |
61% Less |
0% More, and privatize the entire healthcare industry |
5% Less, and provide more government funding |
0% More, and end government subsidies |
2% Less, and there should be no privatization of the healthcare industry |
See how support for each position on “Healthcare Privatization” has changed over time for 428k Australia voters.
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See how importance of “Healthcare Privatization” has changed over time for 428k Australia voters.
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Unique answers from Australia users whose views extended beyond the provided choices.
@4YYWWRC4yrs4Y
It is ironic that the average working Registered Nurse working in a private hospital can not afford private health insurance to receive care that is provided by that nurse. Healthcare services need to be accessible by everyone even if it means increased taxes for that purpose. The healthcare system must be forward moving only.
@4VX9G3D4yrs4Y
Less. Public health is all our problem. Privatisation = profit for a select few
@Glenmar4yrs4Y
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.
@934L28S2yrs2Y
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.
@9342HTR2yrs2Y
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.
@933V4P72yrs2Y
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.
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