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Originally Posted by CDSmith
As for health care, the only waiting list I've ever been on was to see a specialist, and that was a 3 month wait. If you need to go to the Emergency room (at least here in Winnipeg) and your situation IS an emergency, you get seen immediately or nearly so, depending on how severe it is and how busy they are. Life-threatening emergencies obviously take priority, always.
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I wonder what the two justices on the Supreme Court of Canada were thinking when in striking down the law that denied a man in Quebec access to private health insurance they wrote "Access to waiting is not access to healthcare".
"The Canadian Supreme Court last month struck down a prohibition in Quebec province on private health insurance, citing the existence of lengthy waiting lists for services under the country's publicly funded nationalized health service. "
The Surpreme Court, after considering the evidence seems to agree that there are waiting lists, and long ones at that. Naturally one can't wait for life saving surgery, but should you have to wait 9 months for a hip replacement?
http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/c.../short/40/15/2
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And with smart investments and business write-offs etc, one does not have to pay 40+ % in income tax. Try getting a financial advisor who knows the drill.
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Wonderful for those of us who own our own business. Not so wonderful for those who are employed by others.
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How many americans have we seen on this very board post about how their hospital stay ended up costing them $100k or more? Lots. Go ask pr0 just how much his medical bills were in the past few years. I would so rather have it come out of my taxes than be slapped with a huge bill every time someone in the family needs a surgery or whatever.
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Read my post above, for the higher tax brackets, it would be substanially cheaper to buy health insurance and have an American tax structure.