: Don't want to burst the Socialist bubble, but free health care isn't, if it's anything like ours. I pay $100.00 per month for free health care : it took 1 1/2 years to get an operation on my back - it took 6 months to get an MRI on my shoulder - was referred/transferred to an Orthopedic Surgeon last April - they haven't even called to confirm me being their patient as of yet. I was told by my MD they would not call for confirmation for 6 to 8 months - today is 8 months since my referral. They still haven't called. Such is Socialist medicine here in BC, Canada. I was told by my MD that orthopedic SURGERIES take 1 1/2 years to 2 years. Right now, it's 3/4 year and I'm not a patiend on the waiting list yet!

Yay for free Public health care!