Hello, I was wondering about some things in Bosnia.
Does Bosnia have public auto insurance? (or at least makes sure that companies do not discriminate based on gender)
I assume it has free healthcare. But does the government also pay for dental care, prescription drugs, university/college education?

Also, did the government pay for these things in SFRJ?

Im not sure but I think that in Bosnia and Herzegovina don`t exist any insurance companies in the public / state-ownership. After war all insurance companies are privatized and there is only 1-2 where the state has co-ownership share, but below 50%. And also as I know there is no discrimination based on gender. :)

Healthcare is not free (except E.R.). Those who are pensioners and employed have health insurance, and they and their children do not pay for medical examinations, but drugs (mainly) has to pay.
Dental care - we here has no difference between dental and health care and dental care is included in health care. Some categories of poor people and unemployed have also a certain limited, basic health insurance.

University educations - its not free in public Universities but also its not very expensive for average people, but students also have to pay accommodation and meals, books and all other costs and that`s
expensive for most people except for people who don`t live in same town where is the University.

In SFRJ... about health care... government paid prescription drugs, medical examinations, and hospital costs - only for those who has Health care, but everybody has that care because almost everybody has job or has employed parent, or were or were registered at "bureau for the unemployed". So, practically Health care was almost free but list of free prescription drugs wasn`t enough long. :)

In theory University education was free but... not for everybody and not completely. For example - not enough rooms in dormitories. So, most of students have to pay accommodation, etc... Practically, there is not big difference in costs of studying then and now, costs are similar - but people now have less money. :)

In Canada, healthcare and primary/secondary education (age 4-18) are free. Well, any healthcare inside a hospital is free including if they hand you any medication. Prescription drugs are not free, but if you have an insurance plan it usually covers it. If not, it can be very expensive. Dental care also only free for the very poor. Again, insurance plans often cover this.

Healthcare, education and things like auto insurance are under provincial jurisdiction (Canada is pretty decentralized). 4 Provinces have public auto insurance (which do not discriminate based on age or gender). Private auto insurance companies do discriminate based on age and gender. British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba have public auto insurance brought in by NDP governments in the past (1970s/80s). The NDP are social democrats. Québec also has public auto insurance, though it is not as extensive as the other 3 provinces. It was brought in by the PQ (french nationalists).

With education, Ontario funds Catholic schools (though not any other religion), Quebec stopped funding Catholic schools in 1997 (by the PQ). As for other provinces, I don't know. With post-secondary education, it is not free. Quebec subsidizes it a lot so tuition is less than $2,000. Elsewhere such as Ontario, tuition costs over $5,000 each year. Residence/housing at least $6,000. And textbooks probably $1,000. Law school, med school, masters of business would be more expensive. It is not uncommon for students to end school with $35,000 in debt. They then have to pay back the provincial government or banks. The Ontario government requires students to start paying back 6 months after graduating.

I know that university in Slovenia and most of Germany is free.

Also, does Croatia or Bosnia operate any religious schools? Does Croatia have a Catholic school system that is completely funded by the government? Same goes for Bosnia with Catholic, muslim and orthodox schools.


And SFRJ being communist, I assume there was no religion taught in public schools right?


Ah, I found information on religious schools in the rest of Canada. Ontario, Alberta, Manitoba, the Northwest Territories, and certain cities in Saskatchewan operate publicly-funded separate schools (usually Catholic, but occasionally Protestant).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_ ... d_language
The the other provinces and territories do not fund religious schools. (British Columbia, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, PEI, Newfoundland, Yukon and Nunavut)

And then hmm,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_ ... us_schools
"In British Columbia the government pays 50% of the cost of religious schools that meet rigorous provincial standards. The province has a number of Sikh, Hindu, Christian, and Muslim schools."

When did Bosnia start to have religion in schools? Was it in late 1990 once the elections were over, or for the 1991-1992 school year or did it only begin during the war or after?

I am wondering because I know someone from Bosnia and they went to Katolicki skolski centar Sveti Josip. And this person's mother went to V gimnazija "Pero Kosoric", Sarajevo.

I also know someone who went to Gimnazija Ognjen Prica, Sarajevo
Class of 1991.