Uneven Bureaucracy

The medical system is designed to keep patients paying,
even when nothing changes in their treatment.
Take Ventolin, for example - an asthma medication,
that a patient might have been using for 30 years
without any adjustments.
Yet, every three to six months,
they are forced to pay €20
just to have their doctor reissue the same prescription,
even though the pharmacy could easily dispense it without
this unnecessary step.
It’s a money-making cycle that prioritizes bureaucracy
and profit over patient care,
charging people for the privilege of accessing
the medication they depend on.
To make things even worse, the system is completely uneven.
If you're a public patient with a medical card or an asylum seeker,
doctor visits and prescriptions are free.
While that might seem fair on the surface,
it actually clogs up the system even more,
as people who don’t necessarily need to see a doctor take up appointments,
making it harder for those who genuinely need care to be seen.
Meanwhile, paying patients are stuck shelling out money for routine prescriptions, like Ventolin,
that haven’t changed in decades.
The whole setup feels less about patient care and
more about making sure the system keeps profiting off the people. 

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