If youre in favor of it, this ones for you:
Herald Sun [Melbourne, AU], by Kamahi Cogdon
A pensioner who cares for her invalid husband while hobbling around on crutches faces a three-year wait for ankle surgery. Jennifer Haffenden, 65, says she is barely able to care for herself because of an excruciating arthritic ankle. /snip/ she went to an orthopaedic specialist as a private patient a few months ago. The specialist told her she could operate within two weeks. But with the bill expected to hit $4000, Mrs Haffenden was forced to go on the 14-month waiting list to see the same specialist as a public patient.
Government run programs create multiple layers of expensive bureaucracy, waste, diminished care, and waiting listsnone of which make healthcare less expensive or better.