Medicare

Finally, I mustered up the motivation to go and get our Medicare sorted out today. This medical outfit is the Aussie equivalent of the NHS but with two important differences:

1) You choose your own practitioner and Medicare pay around 75% of the treatment costs, including private doctors and hospitals. 

2)You have countless GP’s at your disposal and can book into any surgery that happens to be along your way – great if you want a fresh perspective on things or are becoming a bit frazzled with your usual GP's fob-offs (or, in the case of a friend of mine, sick of being asked when you last had sex...)

A major plus is being able to choose your own doc and go private should the condition/illness warrant it. Private healthcare is crazy money at home so it's refreshing to witness a system in place that caters for all and leaves people free to select the healthcare professionals they want, not simply where the government chooses to send them. Cameron take note!

In any case the trip into town was worth it. We're all set up and ready to roll for the new school year which starts in just TWO DAYS!

Almost there....almost.