[Eric]

The govt. of the Province of Saskatchewan (no, you don't have to be able to pronounce it) had a great idea. Sask. is the birthplace of the healthcare system in Canada. Tommy Douglas (largely unknown except as Keifer Sutherland's grandfather) is recognized as one of those rarities, a completely honest politician. He brought in medicare over the protest of the doctors, who actually went on strike. Anyway, back to the point. Every year each resident of the province receives an itemized account of what his/her health care cost during the year. So, if you visited emrg. once it would show what that would have cost if you had to pay for it yourself. And, if you had complicated heart surgery it would show that cost too. It does bring to everyone's attention what a great benefit the system is.