>I'm sorry that I don't have the time (and knowledge) to go into details about the Norwegian health care systen, so instead I will throw in a few URLs:
>http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/34/49/1864965.pdf
>http://econpapers.repec.org/paper/oececoaaa/198-en.htm
>
>And, BTW, I am not saying that the Norwegian health care system is perfect, but from my POV it's much better than the American.

Which isn't something to brag about - US don't have a system.

>>(Also, had a bit of trouble understanding some of the comments... is "fikk" what I think it is?)
>
>"Fikk" means "got" or "received", in the first comments the last phrase of the comment is "What grade did you get?"

Ah, so... so it's not related to a similarly sounding German verb (which may have been slang - what do I know). OK, live and learn :).