hi ken you said: >We have become a nation of complacent people, who either >don't have the will or the time, or money to fight back, >especially when we are sick!.... When companies are competing >for our dollars, or pesos, or marks, or yen, etc. >THEY should be concerned about giving proper service. >Without us, they would not exist! with my canadian background and having lived in bermuda for 16 years [this unique watery crossroads between europe and north america] i frequently find myself observing some situations in the usa in puzzlement the canajun in me feels a deep seated reluctance at viewing any kind of health care as a 'profit centre' i said to a couple of friends recently: >how is it that the olde 'honourable' professions >law - defending the innocent >medicine - healing the sick >got so tainted by moolah in the usa? >even next door across the longest undefended border in the world >canada's approach is oceans away from the usa i didn't and don't intend this as a criticism [we have all evolved as circumstances have permitted] but simply as an observation by an interested 'outsider' through the wonders of etheria i remain your syber-sis janet [log in to unmask]