I have to say I went public and all I paid for throughout PG was one scan and after the medicare rebate I paid $50 total. I did go to a couple of extra Dr's appts and paid for them, but in a normal year I would have probably gone to the Dr as much....

I also had a fantastic hospital which was amazing. Some public hospitals are not as set up as this one was. I had my own room, I knew the team of midwives, I shared my ensuite with one other woman....We had a kitchen on our ward stocked with breakky food all day long. It was fantastic. BUT not all hospitals are that nice, and if it wasn't the closest one to us, we would have second thoughts and might have chosed private, because we had the health insurance at the time.... I'm glad we chose public.