Hi Keen,

I went public with all three of mine, couldn't complain at all. I had them at the Royal Womans in Brisbane, but am guessing that it is pretty much the same everywhere you go. You'll get good and bad.
I have thought about taking out private health cover, but only because I am now much older and there are more risks, but then I thought that if there is some kind of emergency, I might not be able to have my doc there, and I should get the same treatment as a Private patient.

In the passed I've had an elective operation, for which I went as a private patient, the cost was less than it would have been had I been forking out fees for who knows how long, I got the Medicare rebate for the surgeon and anesthesist. The only thing that I had to pay 100% out of my pocket was the actual hospital room, which was shared with another lady and cost me about $250 for the stay.

So my vote is for public