On Sun, 10 Apr 2016 17:15:52 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 4/10/2016 4:29 PM, graham wrote:
>> On 10/04/2016 2:28 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>> On 4/10/2016 3:46 PM, wrote:
>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> How much does the average Canadian pay for free medical? Based on
>>>>>>> income?
>>> ?
>>>>>
>>>>> I did find this and it does not look so good.
>>>>> http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/nadeem-...b_3733080.html
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> In 2013, a typical Canadian family of four can expect to pay $11,320
>>>>> for
>>>>> public health care insurance. For the average family of two parents
>>>>> with
>>>>> one child that bill will be $10,989, and for the average family of two
>>>>> adults (without children) the bill comes to $11,381.
>>>>
>>>> Ed pls don't pay too much attention to what the Huff Post has to say,
>>>> I sincerely doubt their figures are even correct.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Perhaps, but nobody else has been able to put a dollar figure on it.
>>> Those numbers are not much different than what we pay.
>>
>> No, Ed. Our costs are about half of yours, according to the OECD.
>> Graham
>
>Cost of services, yes. But what is the cost of insurance? The cost
>quoted above is about the same. No one has put a dollar figure that you
>actually pay. The money comes out of your pocket someplace.

Because it mostly comes through GST (sort of purchase tax) it does
mean that the more you have to spend, the more you pay. Seems a
simple way to sort the chicken from the geese.

I suppose to give you an actual figure for myself I would have to
record money spent for a year. Not all purchases incur the tax, food
for example, does not. Kids clothing does not and there are several
other unavoidable spends that don't incur the tax.

I may like to grumble occasionally but in the long run, I love
universal healthcare, am completely satisfied with the care I receive,
and am willing to bet no insurance company offers as good a deal.