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Health is Gold (154): Mediacare and private health insurance in Australia: which one is better?

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Do I need private health insurance? Doesn’t Medicare cover the cost of everything anyway?


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By Kim Phụng

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Do I need private health insurance? Doesn’t Medicare cover the cost of everything anyway?


Australian residents are covered by the free, public health system (Medicare) and they can choose if they want to also be covered by private health insurance as well. What’s the difference between public and private health?

 


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