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Mates dad who is 80odd years old is on a 2year waiting list for a hip replacement. He's in pain but it's not life threatening. Hopefully he'll still be able to remain active enough so that he's fit enough for surgery by the time his time comes around... Well that's what his son has said to me.

I heard of an old fella (~85yrs) who just had an operation to insert a shunt (?) somewhere inside him, and the actual device itself cost $38,000. If he didn't have private health insurance, I'm not sure how much Medicare would have covered. So is $58kpa really a huge amount when taking into...