Healthcare should not be limited by past decisions and most Australians would not be able to afford ‘astronomical’ cost of ICU, AMA says
The health minister did not provide any further details about how such a plan would work and did not respond to further questions.
Korshid said he was unsure whether such a proposal would be legal or if it would violate the National Health Reform Agreement, struck between the states and the commonwealth, through which public hospital funding flows.He also questioned how it could be enforced given the cost of an ICU admission for Covid-19 was “astronomical” and there was “no way” the average Australian would have any way of paying the bill.
In November, former NSW premier Bob Carr called for Australia to follow Singapore’s example after its governmentFollow Singapore and legislate no medical or hospital expenses to be reimbursed to people who are not vaccinated without medical justification and then contract Covid. You ignored warnings and got the disease. You pay for your wilful stupidity, not the rest of us.At the time, Scott Morrison said it was a “heavy-handed approach” that he did not support.
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