Reply #35: Damn straight. Listen to this story:

[Bonobo]

A couple of months ago, my youngest son slipped off the shrine's steps and cut his scalp. The doctor said he should go to a hospital and we live on a little island.

So a special ambulance boat took us right away. It is about 14 miles to the mainland and the trip costs about 10 dollars one way normally for a boat ticket.

We were attended by 3 emergency personnel. We got picked up at the harbor by an ambulance who took us to the hospital.

At the hospital, within 45 min, we were in an office looking at the CSCAN and X-ray images on a computer with the doctor.

All was fine, it was just a bump with a scalp cut that bled a fair bit. No stitches even.

Total cost was about 20 dollars.

In America? With X-Rays, CSCAN, an ambulance and an ambulance boat? I'm sure it would have been in the thousands.

Nice way to lose your house if you don't have savings and have to struggle to make it month to month.

Nice country. But at least you're all safe thanks to the War on Terror!