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Post by Banjo on Oct 23, 2019 6:31:16 GMT 7
I had emergency surgery in Thailand last month that cost me $7,500. I'd say that would bring the savings to Medicare over the last 12 months to over $35,000 converted to whatever it would cost for the same treatment in Australia.
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Post by nomadic on Oct 23, 2019 6:57:00 GMT 7
Probably $100K in Australia i'd imagine. Why not put in a Medibank claim? Like my recent Hernia op in Oz, I paid for myself for $5K I got back about $1,500 of it at least. If I had of waited would have been free. So again I saved them $3,500. What difference does it make where you have it done? You saved them so much so the decent thing for them to do would be to give you a claim on it. OOPS, I said DECENT. doesn't apply to them, does it?
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Post by Banjo on Oct 23, 2019 7:04:46 GMT 7
No, and if Medicare covered overseas medical costs there would be no need for travel insurance would there?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2019 7:06:24 GMT 7
I'd say we're definitely due for that again; all things considered. After seeing the attachment I also began to wonder what Australia's tipping point may be. We certainly appear to share a lot in common with Chile. Cheers bear
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Post by nomadic on Oct 23, 2019 11:27:45 GMT 7
No, and if Medicare covered overseas medical costs there would be no need for travel insurance would there? Why not for medical? Still travel insurance needed for accidents, cancellations, and theft. But why not for general illness. Yes I know, will never happen.
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