[Jughead P. Jones]

To tell you the truth, I have to agree with all of you who criticize our Canadian health care system due to the insanely long waiting times. Sure, in Canada, our health coverage is quite good, and we don't have to pay for operations and other medical procedures and hospital stays. (In the province of Ontario, those procedures are covered by a program called OHIP, and I'm sure that each province has its own version of it) But, the trade-off is that when you go into an emergency room, be prepared to wait at least 4 or more hours before you get in there to see a doctor. Because in Canada, we are experiencing one of the largest shortages of doctors in years. I'm not sure what the situation is like in the U.S.A. as far as the numbers go for doctors and nurses, but I assume that it is comparable between the two nations. There has been talk about the privatization of hospitals here in Canada for the last few years now, and personally, I hope it doesn't come down to that, because a poor family like mine would be driven into near-bankruptcy due to the hospital bills that we would have to pay. But, unless we get more people to train to become doctors and nurses in this country (and possibly North America), then our health care systems will continue to be in crisis.