Your taxes are 47% higher than the average G7 country. Your total tax burden is
about 75%, meaning that for every dollar you earn, the government takes 75 cents
of it via one tax or another. So let's see, assume you make $100,000. You then
pay $75,000 of that to the government. So really:
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Originally Posted by fris
got to love it here
1. get blood work done
2. get xrays
3. get mri done
4. get cat scan
5. stay over in the hospital for 5 days
pay $75,000 / year for the next 50 years
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Compare with, for example, the US, a country working to make their system better.
I pay about $3,000 / year for pretty good health insurance, and have a total tax burden
closer to 45%. So if we both make $100,000, I spend $48,000 on taxes and medical,
while you pay $75,000. The US system, which is perfect, still costs me TWENTY
SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS less every year. Over 50 years, you'll pay 1.3 MILLION
dollars more than I will in order to have the government make your health care
decisions for you. Of course, they only pay about 71% of the cost on average.
With your system you're still stuck with 29% of the bills.
Overall, last year, the average Canadian taxpayer spent over $10,000 on government
medical and it's bureaucracy, nearly three times I spend in the US, for the the exact
health coverage that I choose. I'd rather spend $3,000 than be forced to spend $10,000
like Canadians are, and I'd rather have the freedom to choose whether or not to pay for
coverage that includes "therapuetic massage" and such crap.