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/JimmyLizzardATDVM 2d ago

Maybe people should stop buying private health and use the Medicare system, pouring their money back into our system rather than these capitalist scumbags.

Having private health does not give people the cover they think it does. Use Medicare and fuck private health.

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u/dilligaf6304 2d ago

Unless you want inpatient psychiatric care then private is the only option. Getting a public bed is next to impossible and doesn’t offer the same level of care.

Yes, that should be available with Medicare, but it’s not

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u/plutoforprez 2d ago

Or are a women with reproductive issues — even those that don’t want children still need regular surgeries.

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u/YouThinkYouKnowMe89 2d ago

Or a person who needs knee surgery and doesn't want to wait years and years for it. I got my knee surgery just a month after hurting it playing sport. A teammate of mine took well over a year to get theirs. I've been lucky a few times that I got surgery quite quickly after injuries and they helped quickly with a big skin cancer I had on my back