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[–] biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works 19 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

It’s wild how much this contrasts with Australia’s Medicare, like here you can literally just walk into the ER with any issue, show them your Medicare card and get your entire treatment covered for free unless you need any private healthcare, which even then there are rebates and private healthcare competes with public so it’s also moderately affordable.

There were 2 instances where my dad needed to be in hospital for multiple days at a time, once for a broken wrist after slipping at the boat ramp after a fishing trip, and the other was a stingray attack on his leg at that same boat ramp. Both instances didn’t require a single cent exchanged, we just walked in and described the issue, and boom, after a few days he was treated to the extent he could go home and not really worry at all anymore.

[–] C1pher@lemmy.world 18 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Your dad should stay away from that boat ramp…

[–] MarieMarion@literature.cafe 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Boat Ramps are typically concrete. And partially submerged. Good luck!