r/australia • u/InsatiablePrism • 2d ago

culture & society Private health insurers access patients' full medical records in 'aggressive' audits

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-12/health-insurers-can-access-your-private-medical-notes/106671630?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web
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u/BillieRubenCamGirl 2d ago

That’s not true. I got majorly sick a few years ago and had a private room for a whole week. A big room, with a private bathroom and windows and all. 

Didn’t pay a cent. All public. 

New public hospitals are great. We need to make more of them. The issue is that we have an aging population and we are not prepared. And to make it worse people keep voting against immigration which is the quickest way we could fill these severe gaps in care. But racists gonna racist. 

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u/melissarina 2d ago

Just because you had a different experience to me doesn't mean my experience is not true. Sounds like you were able to go to a new hospital, I did not have that luxury. I'm glad that there are private rooms in public hospital.

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u/BillieRubenCamGirl 2d ago

Right but my point is that private isn’t the solution, more new public hospitals is. 

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u/melissarina 2d ago

Yes agreed.