GetUp has raised the issue of the gov's plans to get private insurance companies involved in their "Primary Health Network" things they're planning on setting up. This is after they closed all those other ones already up and running through Medicare.
Obviously this would be terrible news for us mere mortals who haven't a hope in hell of affording or qualifying for private insurance. Who the hell would insure me?
So in raising this issue, GetUp has set up a petition to begin with:
The Abbott Government has made the controversial decision to give profit-driven private insurers the right to tender to run its new 'Primary Health Networks' (PHNs), set to oversee GP care Australia-wide.
This means insurance companies, and not your GP, could end up making critical decisions about who gets treatment and how we're treated, with health groups already raising the alarm. It's the very system that's crippled American healthcare, driving up costs and leading to less care for fewer people.
Profit-driven healthcare threatens the very foundation of our universal Medicare system, restricting access and quality of care, especially in areas where insurers don't stand to make money. The Government is accepting expressions of interest right now to operate the PHNs, so we need to act quickly.
Will you call on the Government to keep private insurance companies from taking over GP-care by adding your name to the petition? sign here
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