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> The thought of getting injured right now is scary because I could wait years for something like a herniated disc surgery (which is very debilitating). And ye
by 908B64B197 5y ago
> The thought of getting injured right now is scary because I could wait years for something like a herniated disc surgery (which is very debilitating).
And yet how much do you pay year after year for healthcare via taxes?
- dmalik 5y ago> And yet how much do you pay year after year for healthcare via taxes? 11.5% of Canada’s gross domestic product (GDP). $265.5 billion, or $ 7064 per person. Imagine that will go up with covid... https://www.cihi.ca/en/health-spending https://www.cihi.ca/en/health-spending
- ksaj 5y agoI'm also from Canada. We pay the same amount despite the fact that we are in mid-pandemic. Therefore resources are allotted to dealing with the large number of Covid cases that end up in ICU. This isn't a case of being "short changed" with our taxes. This is a case of large groups of people needlessly filling the emergency wards when there are clearer options that are easier on the population as a whole.