Tasted the Social Security System in Australia

Tasted the Social Security System in Australia

Health insurance in Australia is also called Medicare

Liputan6.com, Jakarta is still discussing the health insurance system in the world. This time, the team had the opportunity to talk with one Health-Liputan6.com an Indonesian citizen who has worked as a Senior IT deveoper in Australia for more than six years, Donny Verdian.

According to him, health insurance in Australia is also called Medicare and managed by the Health Insurance Commissioner in the Federal state level.

Under the law, a national health insurance Australia has been approved since 1973 to guarantee provision of comprehensive services to the entire population of Australia, either in Australia or who are in some neighboring countries such as New Zealand and citizens of several European countries who live in Australia.

"Assessing a stranger in the context can or can not be insured here somewhat ambiguous dependent visa him. The stranger like me, for example, there is the category of permanent resident, then I can guarantee the health of exactly the same as that given by the government to the citizens of Australia," he said.

But for foreigners with student visas, said Donny, they are not covered by government health and therefore the government requires every student / foreign students to have other health insurance or third party insurance. Likewise, foreigners who have work visas (expatriate), they also do not get health insurance from the government.

Still discussing the health insurance system in the world. This time, the team had the opportunity to talk with one Health-Liputan6.com an Indonesian citizen who has worked as a Senior IT deveoper in Australia for more than six years, Donny Verdian.

According to him, health insurance in Australia is also called Medicare and managed by the Health Insurance Commissioner in the Federal state level.

Under the law, a national health insurance Australia has been approved since 1973 to guarantee provision of comprehensive services to the entire population of Australia, either in Australia or who are in some neighboring countries such as New Zealand and citizens of several European countries who live in Australia.

"Assessing a stranger in the context can or can not be insured here somewhat ambiguous dependent visa him. The stranger like me, for example, there is the category of permanent resident, then I can guarantee the health of exactly the same as that given by the government to the citizens of Australia," he said.

But for foreigners with student visas, said Donny, they are not covered by government health and therefore the government requires every student / foreign students to have other health insurance or third party insurance. Likewise, foreigners who have work visas (expatriate), they also do not get health insurance from the government.

More specifically, the following narrative related Donny Australia health insurance:

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1. The health services are available in every village

Donny said, in Australia, each sick person will usually be referred to go to the medical center in each region (sub-urban). There, patients will be served by a general practitioner. If the flu and seasonal aches, he said, only given a drug and then sent home. As for the severe pain, usually will be referred to a specialist and hospital.

When compared with Indonesia, health services in the villages there are also many. Unfortunately, professional medical personnel are still lacking. Quite often in remote areas such as Nusa Tenggara there is only one doctor or a nurse on duty to serve some of the villagers.

2. Hospitalization is free but there are drugs that are not covered

Although hospitalization for free, Donny said, there are some drugs that are not covered government so we have to pay even though he is no relief.

Likewise with drug guarantees. There are drugs that are free, there are also drugs that are not covered but commuted or may also be made free.

In the era of National Health Insurance, all the medicine into the national formulary, which is regulated and controlled government, thereby reducing the risk of cooperation with the doctors the drug industry.