Canada. And income tax is around 40%. Thank God I put my Apple stock in a TFSA, so all the gains have been tax-free.
Okay, so your tax-rate is 40% in Canada. Help me out here. How is that necessarily a bad thing when that 40% covers you for pretty much any medical thing ever, and you don't have to worry about being put into financial ruin because you get some major disease like cancer?
I'm paying almost $600/mo. on health insurance, and then when one factors in taxes here (sales tax, propery tax. etc..) we are probably paying about the same rate, if not more..
I am curious though... Do "unemployed" Canadian citizens, or folks earning a wage below the poverty line are still on equal-footing when it comes the quality of healthcare in Canada? I always wondered how it worked over there...
Okay, so your tax-rate is 40% in Canada. Help me out here. How is that necessarily a bad thing when that 40% covers you for pretty much any medical thing ever, and you don't have to worry about being put into financial ruin because you get some major disease like cancer?
I'm paying almost $600/mo. on health insurance, and then when one factors in taxes here (sales tax, propery tax. etc..) we are probably paying about the same rate, if not more..
I am curious though... Do "unemployed" Canadian citizens, or folks earning a wage below the poverty line are still on equal-footing when it comes the quality of healthcare in Canada? I always wondered how it worked over there...
Your not EXACTLY on the same footing, because people buy supplemental insurance which gets you extra services, mostly elective care services which tends to be slower than things that need to be quickly resolved. But, in general, everyone has a decent level of care even of you are very poor. People like to complain, but when you ask them if they'd want US type care, it is not even close, every one says : no way. In the US, the #1 cause of bankruptcy is medical bills, that tells you something.
<div class="quote-container" data-huddler-embed="/t/183609/apples-ios-8-distribution-back-on-track-now-on-60-of-devices/40#post_2645664" data-huddler-embed-placeholder="false">Quote:<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>sflocal</strong> <a href="/t/183609/apples-ios-8-distribution-back-on-track-now-on-60-of-devices/40#post_2645664"><img alt="View Post" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" /></a><br /> <p><br />Okay, so your tax-rate is 40% in Canada. Help me out here. How is that necessarily a bad thing when that 40% covers you for pretty much any medical thing ever, and you don't have to worry about being put into financial ruin because you get some major disease like cancer?<br /><br />I'm paying almost $600/mo. on health insurance, and then when one factors in taxes here (sales tax, propery tax. etc..) we are probably paying about the same rate, if not more..<br /><br />I am curious though... Do "unemployed" Canadian citizens, or folks earning a wage below the poverty line are still on equal-footing when it comes the quality of healthcare in Canada? I always wondered how it worked over there... </p></div></div><p> </p><p>Your not EXACTLY on the same footing, because people buy supplemental insurance which gets you extra services, mostly elective care services which tends to be slower than things that need to be quickly resolved. But, in general, everyone has a decent level of care even of you are very poor. People like to complain, but when you ask them if they'd want US type care, it is not even close, every one says : no way. In the US, the #1 cause of bankruptcy is medical bills, that tells you something.</p>
It's like that here in the UK. Treatment is free at the point of contact. You do have to pay for prescriptions but that's about $10 per item regardless of the cost. Though for me as a diabetic all prescriptions are free all of this is paid through taxation but it does mean no one suffers or gets bankrupted by being ill.
I have private care from my work so if I choose I can get quicker treatment for non emergency treatment etc.
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Canada. And income tax is around 40%. Thank God I put my Apple stock in a TFSA, so all the gains have been tax-free.
Okay, so your tax-rate is 40% in Canada. Help me out here. How is that necessarily a bad thing when that 40% covers you for pretty much any medical thing ever, and you don't have to worry about being put into financial ruin because you get some major disease like cancer?
I'm paying almost $600/mo. on health insurance, and then when one factors in taxes here (sales tax, propery tax. etc..) we are probably paying about the same rate, if not more..
I am curious though... Do "unemployed" Canadian citizens, or folks earning a wage below the poverty line are still on equal-footing when it comes the quality of healthcare in Canada? I always wondered how it worked over there...
Okay, so your tax-rate is 40% in Canada. Help me out here. How is that necessarily a bad thing when that 40% covers you for pretty much any medical thing ever, and you don't have to worry about being put into financial ruin because you get some major disease like cancer?
I'm paying almost $600/mo. on health insurance, and then when one factors in taxes here (sales tax, propery tax. etc..) we are probably paying about the same rate, if not more..
I am curious though... Do "unemployed" Canadian citizens, or folks earning a wage below the poverty line are still on equal-footing when it comes the quality of healthcare in Canada? I always wondered how it worked over there...
Your not EXACTLY on the same footing, because people buy supplemental insurance which gets you extra services, mostly elective care services which tends to be slower than things that need to be quickly resolved. But, in general, everyone has a decent level of care even of you are very poor. People like to complain, but when you ask them if they'd want US type care, it is not even close, every one says : no way. In the US, the #1 cause of bankruptcy is medical bills, that tells you something.
I have private care from my work so if I choose I can get quicker treatment for non emergency treatment etc.