On 10/04/2016 3:59 PM, wrote:
> 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.
>

I think we should emphasise that health care in Canada is a provincial
responsibility and each province has its own way of financing it.
Graham