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Radiation Costs
Just curious, if anybody else has done radiation privately and had large out of pocket expenses. Just weighing up my options and was shocked at how expensive the out of pocket expense are, I've been q...
Hi @Romla, my surgeon told me that she could operate on me in the public system when I was first diagnosed, but it would have been a 3 week wait, instead of the next day or two and she couldn’t guarantee that a trainee surgeon wouldn’t be involved.
My chemo was all covered by private health insurance. I think it’s the radiotherapy that’s the problem. I would have gone through the public system if I hadn’t got it cheaper than usual privately. I don’t think there would have been a delay with having radiotherapy in the public system. They need to stop taking from people who are already paying a lot of out of pocket expenses.
I went to the emergency department last year at 3am. They asked me if I wanted to use my private cover. My response was that I was happy to be treated as a public patient at that time. It’s a balance. Private health insurance is expensive and they are going to drive more people into the public system which will make the waiting times longer for everyone.
My chemo was all covered by private health insurance. I think it’s the radiotherapy that’s the problem. I would have gone through the public system if I hadn’t got it cheaper than usual privately. I don’t think there would have been a delay with having radiotherapy in the public system. They need to stop taking from people who are already paying a lot of out of pocket expenses.
I went to the emergency department last year at 3am. They asked me if I wanted to use my private cover. My response was that I was happy to be treated as a public patient at that time. It’s a balance. Private health insurance is expensive and they are going to drive more people into the public system which will make the waiting times longer for everyone.