It hasn't yet but give Howard (Australia's PM) time and he'll make it one. His idea is (as I understood it) that if you have arthritis you need to exercise and loose weight. No matter that it is a whole bunch of different types, or that sometimes you may be in too much pain to exercise, or that you may not be overweight. It was just a passing comment but it sounded warning bells I reckon. We still have it pretty good in Australia as it happens, but we need to stay a step ahead.