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In reply to the discussion: E X A C T L Y. [View all]MrModerate
(9,753 posts)44. When I lived in Australia, they called it . . .
"Extras cover." It gets you slightly more comfortable treatment and adds things like dental, wellness treatment, etc. Its cost is modest (maybe AUD 200/month for a family), and is often included in people's pay packets as a recruiting tool.
But it's a relatively small segment of the market compared to primary care, in which insurance companies have nearly no impact.
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What he claims, I believe, is mostly true. So it would have been better to have said "most".
YOHABLO
Jul 2017
#38
Germany (2012), hospitals: 833 public, 1,040 private non-profit, 1,356 private for-profit.
ucrdem
Jul 2017
#40
The lobbyists for Big Pharma and Insur Co. are basically killing us help with help from the GOP.
BigmanPigman
Jul 2017
#21