I Can Get Sick
posted at 4:28 am
on Mar. 30, 2005
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Yesterday in the mail, I finally got that thing that made me feel completely Canadian, at home among these quiet yet docile creatures of the North.
I received my BC CareCard, giving me access to unlimited health care. Oh, the awesome power I now wield!
I can get so totally sick now! It’s just like turning 21 in the U.S.—I’m going to go on a big binge!
I think I’ll start with pneumonia shooters, just to get started, then maybe a couple fractures, a little anemia, and an untreatable skin rash for good measure.
Oh, this is so cool! Wait, what about the removals… tonsils, adenoids, spleen, appendix. All free! All for the asking!
And that don’t get me started on those other truly awesome covered conditions. We’re talking needles, bed-side consults, machines that go ping…
