....standards have been steadily dropping in nursing and medicine with people receiving training oversees. Inconvenient fact.

Too right Runner, just too many snouts in the trough these days, the tax dollar simply does not stretch far enough.

To think this chain of events occurred prior to K Rudds illegals blow out, simply means more of the same, only worse.

Comforting thought as I work and pay taxes.

In fact, my wife and I have paid top medical insurance for almost 25 years, about $700 per month now and our son has to have an op, and we are told we have to pay $1000.

A Shameful disgrace!

rehctub,
Firstly Patel was and is guilty it is simply that the system cannot convict him and therefore he has earned the title of "Dr.Death"

On your point of Medical Insurance no one has ever been able to explain to me why you simply cannot insure health cover for all under the one policy and not pay a cent in the case of an incident after all it is only a form of gambling.

Chris.....Firstly Patel was and is guilty it is simply that the system cannot convict him and therefore he has earned the title of "Dr.Death"

Not really, as he was tagged as Dr Death from the start, even before any charges were considered.

As for private health insurance, we were conned, told it would be beneficial, then shafted?

As I say, our tax dollars just can't cope any more.

Where to from here?