[Anthony]

Originally Posted by Wayne Maybury

You got that right. I can't understand why we (US & Canada) allow illegals to have priviledges to which they have not, and will not, contribute.

Because the lawyers, I mean politicians, have written the laws that way.

Originally Posted by Wayne Maybury

Unfortunately, the law up here is for Universal coverage and the way it was written, there cannot be any user fees. This was fine when this was introduced about 45 years ago but I think that this must now change.

yeah. Back then, the only meds were penicillin and aspirin. Now there is alot more care/meds to offer.

Originally Posted by Wayne Maybury

Our Medicare card numbers are not tied to our social insurance numbers which is plain stupid. I guess that may infringe on someone's right to defraud the system.

I think your system has alot more stupid aspects than having separate ID numbers. Minor issue.