I'm sorry :( Hope you'll feel better soon again.

Thanks, it's gotten better since then.

I give you a massive *HUGZ* because I can offer little in the way of practical advice.

I can, however, confidently say that the fact you have to pay to see a GP is bullshit.

To see what?

GP = General Practitioner.

The doctor you go to first, before they refer you on to someone smarter.

I don't see why I wouldn't pay them... >.>

I've never been referred to anyone else before anyway.

And... I don't know, I forgot the last part.

Edit: Oh. That it's not the fact that money is being spent that annoys me, it's the actual process of paying.

We don't pay them. I go to a GP and they say "Do you have a medicare* card?" And I say "Sure, here it is." And I sign a piece of paper to say it really was me to see the Doc and then the quack invoices medicare of their own accord.

You should NOT have to pay for a GP. Ever. Most of them are so shit that I wouldn't pay anyway.

*Medicare = Government health scheme.

I'm not sure why being a general doctor makes them horrible, but maybe Australia is full of horrible doctors. >.>

I'm not in school and I don't have a job so yeah, things have to be paid for. Insurance pays for some but not all.