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I represented one guy who should have been on that show the world’s dumbest criminals. He was seeing a psychiatrist who was known for being kind of loose with prescriptions for benzos and Adderall and he stole his prescription pad. He wrote himself prescriptions for oxycodone, Dilaudid, and oxymorphone. He spelled the names of all 3 drugs wrong and he put numbers on them that would make any pharmacist suspicious. He wrote a prescription for 270 30 mg oxycodone, 210 8 mg Dilaudid, and 180 10 mg oxymorphone and tried to fill all of them along with his legitimate prescriptions for Adderall and Xanax at the same pharmacy. All opioids except codeine and Suboxone are Schedule 2, as is Adderall, and Xanax is Schedule 3. There might be some situations where doctors prescribe 2 instant release painkiller prescriptions at the same time, but usually, they’ll prescribe 1 extended-release and 1 instant release for breakthrough pain, but what he was trying to get prescriptions for was just ridiculous. The signatures on the opioid prescriptions didn’t even resemble the legitimate prescriptions and any time you get a prescription for a Schedule 2 narcotic filled the pharmacist will call the doctor. The doctor obviously said he didn’t write them and the pharmacist called the cops.I did have one client who was actually really intelligent. He got arrested for conspiracy to sell coke and I got the case dismissed because the police illegally obtained his phone number and claimed that it came from a confidential informant. I was talking to him after he got arrested to find out how they could have got his number and it didn’t make sense but he told me he was worried about them looking into his phone because he was using it for another scam. Vicodin used to be a Schedule 3 narcotic, they switched it to Schedule 2 a few years ago after the spike in opioid overdoses. A schedule 3 narcotic can be called into a pharmacy so you don’t need the actual paper prescription. He got hold of a doctor’s DEA number and installed an app on his Android that let him call people and on their caller ID it would come up as a different number, so he could call the pharmacy and according to their caller ID it would look like the call was coming from the doctor’s office. He would call in Vicodin prescriptions for people and then split the pills with them after they filled the prescription. He didn’t get caught for doing it, but I thought it was a pretty well thought out scam, and he’d been doing it for over a year and must have made tens of thousands of dollars from selling it.

I live in a country , South Africa, right at the bottom of the African Continent . I am a strong supporter of private health insurance as opposed to a national scheme.Let me explain to you my position:I worked all my life in a technical capacity in the paper-making industry. For the last 30 years of my employment for a large European chemical company .I have been retired for some 18 years.I belong to a privately run Medical Insurance Scheme - as chosen originally by my employer. The best scheme in the country to my knowledge. Both my wife and I are covered fullyDuring my employment the employer paid half the monthly insurance premium - and I paid the other half .On my retirement I and my wife are still fully covered under the same system - I pay half the monthly premium direct to my employer - who pays the company wide medical insurance premium. If I were to predecease my wife she would be fully covered under the same terms for the balance of her life.The annual amount that I pay is fully tax deductable - thus reducing my annual tax billOver the past years since retirement we have both undergone extensive medical treatment - my wife for abdominal cancer and me for a brain tumour . Of course we have the usual niggling illnesses requiring treatment and medication . All charges incurred in hospital - including diagnosis , surgery , medication , scans etc etc are fully paid - the hospital merely sends the bill direct to the medical insurance company who settle direct My wife had an accident at home a month ago = rushed her to our local accident and emergency hospital - X-rays , scans , etc diagnosed with a cracked pelvic bone. Few days in hospital - then sent home . Contacted medical insurance who paid for a walking frame so that she could be mobile around the house . All at no charge to me.Our monthly medication is fully paid without us having to make any co-payment . Again the pharmacy claims direct from the Medical Insurance.As far as accidents at work are concerned ( this was raised in the above discussion) all employers are required to have a separate accident insurance scheme to which the workers pay nothing - so that any injury sustained in the course of employment is fully covered . At no cost to the employee.I read a lot about the situation in UK and in USA. Comparing either of these with what I have here - I stick with what I have got.

Having lived in Sydney for almost all of my life, and travelled to the United States, I can observe a lot of the following from my trips first hand (no particular order):As many people mentioned before, health care. Health care is arguably better in Australia because of its universal system. Which means that the taxpayer forks out a certain portion of their income for medicare to run.So when you go to the clinic in Australia, just show your medicare card and then they’ll just bill the government and you don’t have to pay anything. Whereas in the US you have to pay upfront with your own money after the check up, then claim co-payment with your private healthcare insurance.Medicine costs in Australia are much cheaper than the US as a result of medicare bulk buying medicine and negotiating with manufacturers.Pharmacy prescriptions in Australia are typically typed up and are machine friendly (scan barcode, QR code), whereas US pharmacy prescriptions are still handwritten on paper with messy writing.Mobile DataMobile data is VERY Expensive in the United States. You have to pay US$30 for 2GB of data on T-mobile (cheapest prepaid, I’d assume plans might be slightly cheaper). I have seen plans for 10GB as US$80. Expensive for those who stream YouTube and go on Instagram while commuting to and from work on public transport.Mobile data is much cheaper in Australia, since the big 3 telcos are heavily competing against each other. You can get as low as 2GB for A$3 on a Vodafone prepaid sim for a day. But usually you pay A$40 for 10GB of data. Not to mention the number of MVNOs who undercut the big 3 telcos and sell data packs for way cheaper (20 or more different companies).American vs Australian citizenship:US Citizenship is given based on birthright, but Australian citizenship is not granted by birth but rather having at least one parent who is a permanent resident or citizen of Australia;US Citizens only have working rights in the US, whereas Australian citizens have working rights in both Australia and New Zealand;US Citizenship and green card process runs on a lottery process and requires sponsorship from your company. Australian citizenship and PR process runs on points based system. A job lined up is not a requirement to pass the points test but it’s essential.Working:Annual leave: USA has no mandatory law that companies have to give for annual leave. For most companies it can be around two weeks. On the other hand, Australia has minimum four weeks of paid annual leave for permanent positions (full time and part time by law.Superannuation and 401k schemes: 401k schemes are completely optional in the United States but superannuation is compulsory for all Australians who are working. Employers must contribute at least 9.5% of the weekly income to a Superfund.Bureaucracy and government services:Australia is better on this one, because many processes are done online - from medicare, dealing with Centrelink issues, filing taxes to the ATO, etc. Whilst federal has somewhat improved, I can certainly vouch that the NSW state government has done a HUGE online transformation. Almost all paperwork is done online and you can considerably see much less bloat in state government. Federal government has a lot of bloat but not as much as the US. Overall systems are quite efficient in what they do.United States - you still have to deal with paper processes with the IRS, DMV, Social Security and what not. There are some online processes in the US but still heavily paper based. Which means more bloat and administration costs (waste of taxpayer money). Expect your forms to not get through and have lots of incorrect names and details. Systems here are generally super inefficient.Taxation:Australia has a tax-free threshold up to $18,200, which means people earning below that amount don’t even need to pay tax (but you do have to claim it back). What a relief for the poorest people in society. However tax brackets go up to 45% as the highest marginal rate. Capital gains tax should be 45% as well. Taxpayer dollar waste is somewhat minimal thanks to streamlining and automation processes which eliminate lots of paper processing and inefficiencies.The US doesn’t have a tax-free threshold which means even if you earn so little you still have to pay tax on that. Which means you are poorer if you are working class. Middle to upper class people don’t get taxed as much compared to Australia. However, I feel that lots of taxpayers money is being wasted since most of it isn’t invested into the people but rather to fulfil the wants of large corporations.Lifestyle of cities:Australia’s cities seem pretty walkable. Public transport is decent because there are ample buses and trains. It’s still somewhat a car centric culture but not as much as the US.Some areas of the US are walkable, but you are generally handicapped if you don’t have a car. Try getting around the San Gabriel Valley (California) without a car and you’ll see what I mean.Public Transportation:Australia: Public transport is decent, especially the bus system in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. It’s great within the CBD and within a 10km radius but not in the suburbs. Public transport systems get maintained and cleaned everyday, but trackwork is annoying at times when they close off an entire railway line just to fix something that can be done in 6 hours instead of 48 hours. Prices are quite reasonable relative to the cost of living (still expensive compared to HK or SG). Sydney and Melbourne train stations look much cleaner and presentable compared to the US.United States: “Public transport is for poor people”. I also went on the NYC Subway and it’s super dirty because the subway runs 24/7 and never cleans up. BART in SF is super expensive and poor value for money. LA public transportation only gets you to certain areas and misses a lot of the SGV and surrounding areas.Gun ownership: You can hold firearms in the USA but not in Australia.Public Safety:Australia: great because no firearms and crime is relatively minimal even in lower income or lower SES areas. In most parts of Sydney for example, you can walk around 2am in the neighbourhood and you won’t be worried.United States: most areas are fine if they’re affluent, but once you hit working class and poorer areas I’d suggest you keep an eye on your shoulder. (Case in point: I went to LA and as soon as I went through East LA I felt scared for my life and I was relieved when I arrived in Monterey Park)Buying and using of goods and services:Australia is considerably more expensive on this one, since products are usually 30–40% more expensive compared to the US. Online shopping for many electronic goods are expensive in Australia, hell we don’t even have a proper Amazon yet because many electronic goods don’t ship here.US products are much cheaper as a whole thanks to economies of scale and a lot more local production.However, Australia has a flat 10% GST you have to pay which is included in the price. Transparency FTW. Meanwhile in the US you have federal, state, local and city taxes on top of the listed price, which then makes it annoying to pay for consumer goods since you need a calculator to find the final paying price.Australia doesn’t require tipping for service. The US on the other hand it’s customary to pay 15% tip on everything.Education System:Australian primary and secondary schools require uniforms to be worn. US schools do not require uniforms.Overall Australia’s education system is much better compared to the US one. US education system lacks funding especially within primary and secondary schooling. Australia’s rankings with PISA scores beat those of the US. Schooling conditions in Australia are generally better, teachers are paid very well (A$62K starting salary for teachers, rising up to A$100K compared to US$40K, and smaller rises in the USA)However the US universities are much better compared to Australian universities in terms of research output and quality. This is due to the amount of funding obtained from private sector and government grants. Australia lacks that due to a smaller population and smaller talent pool.Australian universities usually provide better value for money in terms of job prospects. A$30,000 would be a typical cost of a 3 year degree in Australia, while that’s how much you have to pay for one year in the United States. International students like to flock to Australia due to its cheaper fees, better ROI and a chance to get PR.Air Travel (now don’t get me started on this one)As someone mentioned earlier, airfares to Asia are cheaper from Australia due to its geographical proximity. You can visit Singapore, Malaysia, New Zealand, Phillipines and some other destinations for cheap thanks to Scoot, Jetstar, AirAsia and low cost airlines. Cheaper travels FTW.Australians travel more than Americans do, and a higher percentage of Australians hold a passport (45%) compared to Americans (30%?).In Australia, the aviation market has heaps of competition which then drives down prices especially with the NZ, Europe, SEA and Japan markets. Whereas in the US it’s still dominated by the US3 (AA, DL and UA) and flights can be expensive internally.Customer service in Australia based flights I have found to be much better due to less stress and more performance based incentives. Whereas customer service in the US is appalling in comparison, due to strong labor unions which prevent under-performing workers from being sacked.Australia’s airports just look way superior because it’s tied to improving the travel experience of people. US airports just tend to be places that get you from point A to point B.Australia’s SmartGate beats US Global Entry program anytime. SmartGate clears customs faster and allows entry for more citizens of different countries.I probably do sound biased to Australia but this is what I have seen from my own observations. Might edit later on.