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The rates are quite frankly ridiculous. I live in BC one of the few provinces in Canada where you actually have to pay for insurance and the top rate for an en
by fleitz 13y ago
The rates are quite frankly ridiculous.
I live in BC one of the few provinces in Canada where you actually have to pay for insurance and the top rate for an entire family is,
$1662 per year or about $800 for a single person, if you make less than $22K it's free.
(No, we don't pay for it in taxes because we have lower tax rates than the US, and yes, our corporate tax rates are lower too)
PS. As a percentage of GDP the US before ObamaCare and the Bush drug thing spent more money on public healthcare than Canada. Yes, rollback the clock 14 years, and you could have Canada's healthcare system for less than what you were already spending. For what you are currently spending you should have limo drivers pick you up from your home and take you to the doctor.
- thedufer 13y ago> No, we don't pay for it in taxes because we have lower tax rates than the US, and yes, our corporate tax rates are lower too That doesn't follow at all. That could just as easily occur because your government skimps on other things. Do you have a ~$1 trillion/year military? Didn't think so. I'm not saying one is better than the other, but _someone_ is paying for your health insurance, and its probably some split between taxpayers, doctors, pharmacies, medical research companies, etc.
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