I REALLY want to see this film, badly too!!!!
The Oz health system is going the same way as America, if you have to travel by Ambulance here, it'll cost you $750. Medication is through the roof, completely profit orientated forcing you to shop around chemists to get it cheaper. If you have the misfortune of being in hospital longer than 3 weeks, you get charged by the day for the bed. There is a 6-9 month waiting list to have a colonoscopy or endoscopy through the public system, so you're screwed if you've anything serious and cannot afford private health care. Doctors charge consult fees dependent on length of consultation unless you are lucky enough to find a doctor near to you that uses Medicare (and that's a rarity here). Plus once a year at tax return time, you get charged a massive medicare levy of around $800-$1000. And don't get me started on the costs of dentistry.
You don't half miss the NHS until you're actually out of the country!!! I'd never ever criticise it again!
I hope the film comes out in Australia, though judging by how John 'Kiss-ass' Howard smooches to G W Bush, I reckon it could be another import the DVD job.....
