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The cost of care
"I have a severe mental illness so I have to have the top level of private health insurance cover. My psychiatrist only offers her services in a private hospital. It is a struggle to afford as I am on a modest super pension. Sometimes I have to draw extra super to survive. The fees for private health cover are so expensive and the gaps are obscene. Sometimes I wonder if I can afford it, but the public system is also a mess, especially for mental illness."
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Dig in
"The story about hosting a meal is a very Anglicised view of the world. In the Mediterranean world and most of Asia, various dishes are put on the table, and each person takes what they want, and doesn't take what they don't want. If you don't like baccala, you just don't take the fish. If you want more veggies and less meat, you just take more veggies and less meat. People are encouraged to try a bit of everything, but nobody is policing portions or choices otherwise. And then nobody has to navigate the rocky reefs of anyone else's personal choices or intolerances or what-have-you."
Kyle Schuant

Alex’s say
"In regards to the complaint about the bias of writers, I feel like they are used to reading Murdoch media and want to import that ideology here. As a paid subscriber, I love the articles on The Conversation, they do seem researched and fact-based, unlike tabloid papers. Unfortunately the Your Say section seems to have attracted more people who would agree with the Herald Sun and don't like to be challenged. It is unfortunate they don't have an open mind."
Alex Isaac