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Lexicon78 said:
Some places are covered by welfare, and some are not. I can't get free eyecare. There's a co-pay every time I go see an approved family doctor...that's only if they are approved, too...otherwise I pay the full amount. And then I have to find a dentist that's covered through welfare...which sucks since the doctors under welfare aren't very good at all. In the last county I was in I refused to see the dentist...the only dentist under welfare in the county. He had so many cases against him...he let an abcess go on someone and they died from it...so no...I refused to go to him! So what did I do? I paid full price for a better doctor.

It pretty much sucks, if you ask me.

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Lex,

It sounds tough. It's the same here I think. The services are there on paper, but when you look for a doctor or dentist, there are waiting lists depending on the area you live.

The people who can afford it go private, which reduces the quality of the public system in my view, as it makes a two level system and most professionals want to work where the money is.

Good thoughts, M