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Originally Posted by the Shemp
smokey, you need to move around the country a little.. ;)
each province has its own method of collecting money for health care..
some provinces add a point or two onto the provincial sales tax. others, like BC
have a monthly payment system, like 108.00 for a family of 3 or more, or 54.00 for a single person...
car insurance also is different in each province...some have govt insurance, most dont..
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Exactly right.
Here in Manitoba I pay no "bill" at all. Never have. I could have the dreaded inverted flying spleen attack tomorrow, go to the ER, get admitted, have surgery to remove offending spleen, get flown to Edmonton for an emergency spleen transplant, stay in hospital there for a fortnight (yes, I said fortnight), get flown home for several months of follow-up visits, and ALL of it would be covered, as in no bill. Repeat: I would receive no bill of any kind. Even all meds given while in hospital are covered, as in "free". (yes, we all pay out of our taxes, but my taxes aren't in general higher than anyone else's. We pay very similar %'s as compared to other places in the US and Canada)
For the record my spleen is okay and doing fine, no cause for alarm.
PS
Auto insurance is run by MPCI here in Manitoba, thus *gasp* --- goverment run.