Yes, I survived! In hindsight, I suppose the week wasn't too bad - I just didn't do any course work other than labs and studying for my midterm (economics). This weekend, I'm hoping to do some major catch-up so I'm not too screwed for my engineering midterms which are in a week. *sigh* The fun never ends! Anyway, based on my semi-recent experiences with health care, I've been wandering back and forth between supporting privatized or public systems. Ideally, I see myself having a job after graduation, so I figure either system would be okay. After working in US, I found out that the average person pays about $300 per month for the bare essentials. This morning, I stumbled across an article about our Canadian health care system (naming BC's health care system as numero uno) stating that the government spends approximately $2500 per person annually, which amounts to about $208 per month. That being said, most North American employees who work for medium- to ...