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As for taxes, I was paying taxes in California, so the difference in total taxes is really not that much. Plus you get free healthcare. The healthcare benefits
by pkaler 17y ago
As for taxes, I was paying taxes in California, so the difference in total taxes is really not that much. Plus you get free healthcare. The healthcare benefits I get from my employer on top of government healthcare really goes above and beyond what I've seen in the U.S.
Just to be clear, Canadian Health Care is not "free". It is publicly-funded and privately-delivered through a single-payer insurance system. For example, my MSP payments are $250 or so for each quarter.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_in_Canada http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_in_Canada
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Health_Act http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Health_Act
I think we should be extra clear about how the Canadian system actually works especially given the debate currently in the US.
- potatolicious 17y agoGood point, but the point still stands: "free" in this case doesn't mean not paying for it, but rather that it's a flat-fee service with no exhaustible upper bound on usage (e.g. if you get hospitalized 5 times in a year the insurance company won't bail). In the Canadian system there is no chance that the insurance company will weasel out of a payment using a litany of the common excuses that are used in the USA. If you are covered, you are covered, and that's peace of mind you can't even buy with money in America.
- mustpax 17y agoThanks for the clarification. I did not mean to disregard the considerable costs of providing universal healthcare. For what it's worth, given my tax bracket and that I'm in my twenties, financially speaking, I am most likely a net win for the system.