Will health care in Australia be privatized in the future?

No, the healthcare sector in Australia will not get privatized in the future. As much as privatization brings efficiency and objectivity, something the government may not overly get concerned about, healthcare is one aspect that cannot get privatized generally. Here is why; privatization is very expensive for individuals who cannot sustain the high costs of medical services.

Since health care is something that cannot get avoided, the communities will find ways to deal with the privatization attempts, like signing petitions and high publicly- sustained pressure. An example of this is the 2014 petition that looked into increasing the co-pays for Medicare, the universal healthcare insurance plan, which was a move that forged to undermine the program and gear more towards the privatization of the healthcare services. The attempt failed due to public pressure. It may most likely be the trend that will see to it that the entire healthcare sector does not get privatized.