I don't know. I posted unclear in this regard.... I had to go to an emergency room in Canada once and what I had to go through was ridiculous. No one spoke english, the few people who did kept sending me to the wrong place, by myself ( I had a friend with me but he was no help direction wise) they were not very concerned about me at all. Kept being sent to a different doctor. After a few hours of this (no exageration) I finally went to a doctor and said "I don't care what you have to do, or who you have to call, I need to see a doctor, NOW." I sat in a room and waited about 45 minutes and finally a doctor came. 4+ hours, for an emergency room visit. Now, I have read about their system as well, many specialized tests have waiting lists, for they can't afford the machinery to be had at each location, meds are cheap, but many are not even offered. I guess what I'm saying is that it is a trade off, their system has the pro of being free, but the cons of a government funded program. It isn't better, its different.