Greetings Archie,
Healthcate is getting more complicsted. I sympathize with your having to navigate very complex bureaucracy.
Because there is so much dis-information amongst Americans about our CanadianI universal healthcare system, in self defense and to clarify things, I feel compelled to add that Canadians can go to any doctor in any province in the country - no conditions or paperwork, no restrictions - without paying. Our two big problems are : 1) long waits in most Emerg departments. They triage incoming patients, of course, but unless you're bleeding out or not breathing at all we have to sit and wait for many hours. When, finally, you do get a doc, however, the care is excellent and 2) we have too many specialists and too few general practitioners. If we move to a new location, good luck finding an avaiable family doc. It's not impossible, we just have to search thoroughly ! Universal dental care just came on a couple years ago, and one party in parliament has been pushing hard for universal prescription coverage. As it is, the provinces already subsidize our senior prescription meds by around 30%. Disabled people get a deeper drug discount.
And so it goes
...in the famous words of Fernando Lamaz as sent up on SNL by Billy Crystal :
" Dahlings, remember, it's always better to look good than to feel good."

I try, but it's a major daily battle. I'm only 24 in my head, so why do I look so worn and torn in the mirror?
WT