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I am so upset with my Mercedes service department (misnomer - certainly service is the wrong word).  They have had the car since Thursday morning.  They ordered parts and on Friday morning they received incomplete parts - 2 left tracks instead of a left and a right.  Another order for a part is made and it comes in this morning.  The mechanic screws around with the glass sunroof only to find that he missed a part for the frame and now they have to order another overnight part.  I am furious - the mechanic is incompetent - all he had to do is pull up the service manual or bulletin while he was working on the glass and he would have known that a third part was needed.

That's what our Dealer Ratings & Reviews page is for! Post the same there and they'll likely see it. We get a decent number of dealer comments on reviews consumers post.

Nice plug!

After dealing with the costs of a couple ER visits a few years ago (and my insurance is considered to be decent), I am not against the idea of a reverse trade.
I also would like some snow now and then.

"How can I trade my Canadian healthcare for the American system?".....asked no Canadian ever.
However, weather is another story.....

So here is the crazy stuff. I remember watching once a film about Churchill and its issues with polar bears passing by every year and bear attacks that can literally happen inside of town. A story was told of a young lady attacked and they said she was stuck with large medical bills. I was thinking how was that possible if Canada has a free healthcare for citizens and all legal residents in the system, certainly in emergency. Never really got an answer on this. Unless she was an foreign guest, but the story implied she lived there, so it didn't make sense to me. Or perhaps it's about the medical service after she got patched up, physical or psychological therapy? I don't know.

Not sure why she would pay anything if she is a Canadian citizen and had been in the country for 7 months over the last year. The only medical bill she may have to pay for is cosmetic surgery but that should be covered if it is the result of an accident, and psychological care but that is often covered too, should be in this case. Maybe the reporter assumed she would be paying for the medical costs.

btw....there are no forms to fill out etc., just show your health card when you visit a doctor or hospital.

This (below) is not intended to be political, in any way. But it is true, and it does mean the Canadian system is better for the majority of the population.

https://www.fool.com/retirement/2017/05/01/this-is-the-no-1-reason-americans-file-for-bankrup.aspx

According to the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), more than a quarter of U.S. adults struggle to pay their medical bills. This includes folks who have insurance, whether independently or through an employer. In fact, medical debt is the No. 1 source of personal bankruptcy filings in the U.S., and in 2014, an estimated 40% of Americans racked up debt resulting from a medical issue.

Now it's not shocking to learn that countless Americans struggle with medical debt, but what is surprising is the extent to which insured individuals have trouble keeping up. Last year, The New York Times reported that 20% of Americans under 65 with health insurance had trouble paying their medical bills over the past year. Of those, 63% claim to have used up all or most of their savings to tackle their healthcare expenses, while 42% took on an extra job to cover their costs.

Reading about how the new generation is lazy and entitled and the brave and wonderful oldsters who did it all with hard work and bootstraps and not by lucky birth are all dynamos who emulated Horatio Alger in their youth never fails to crack me up. Think about it codgers, the oldsters when you were young said the exact same things about you.

LOL. However, I do believe the "Facebook-all-about-me" generation is a little different, mostly because of that technology. Young people, especially teenagers are obnoxious and self-centered by nature, it's almost their job to be, as they try to figure out their place in the world. Fine. The problems start when the environment (Facebook et al.) tells you that it actually is about you, that you get 50 followers and 2000 likes for posting that you just had a great pizza and the bathroom follow up was equally pleasant. That what's wrong - electronic form of littering. Somebody has to build and maintain those network, so those young peoples' deep thoughts are posted and followed. Other than that - it's the same is it always was. Old farts (like me) think they had it hard and the young ones have it all served on a silver platter.