Re Cab. Ouch!!

Re Healthcare contracts. We have similar arrangements in Canada, but only for services that are not covered by our government healthcare--mental health counseling for instance. Healthcare capitalism keeps trying to sneak in, but generally, eventually, gets called out. Another aspect of the Canadian system that concerning richer folks is the easy with which they step across the border to step around waiting lists. Some are also convinced that anything that you pay for directly must be better, so they fly south for care they could have obtained "for free" in Canada. One famous example had a provincial politician get treatment in the US for an special operation that had been "invented" in Toronto, or so the story goes. 

Back to the cab bit. Decades since I've been in Rome, but recall problems with insane drivers, not finding a cab. ;-}  (Oh, and Montreal driving can be more insane that Roman)