http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/canada-ranked-last-among-oecd-countries-in-health-care-wait-times-1.1647061 Your frustration would not be a surprise if you were to read such information beforehand. After going through the very same issue couple times, I have become so used to coordinate all these appointments with confirmations after confirmation so that it would not happen again. To me, OHIP is NOT free but is built on tax payers' dollars and it would have been better managed if a certain portion of it is privatized to provide competitiveness.