@cranky_granny the benefit for me with private health is no waiting. The big costs in 2020 and 2021 was surgery for bc.
My husband doesn't have private health and had surgery in January for a cancer on his kidney. There was no cost for him however we had to push hard and complain to get his surgery done. He was rated a category 2 by QLD Health which meant his surgery was to be completed within 90 days from diagnosis. It wasn't and the stress of walking around with that cancer was really impacting both of us.
A nursing friend of mine said Qld health don't want complaints and if we lodged an official complaint we would likely get the surgery so we did. We documented everything and bingo the surgery happened by day 120. Hubby got the all clear on his cancer which was great bur it took alot of energy to make it happen.
With mets I am not game to go public here in qld now. It's a mess. I use to be a nurse back in 1980s, trained in hospital here in Brisbane and back then qld health was pretty good. It's a big mess now.
