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ConcernedCanuk

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4. We live longer, with better healthcare, for 1/2 the cost to USAmericans.
Mon Nov 25, 2013, 04:56 AM
Nov 2013

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Not only that -

WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT!

We are automatically covered from birth.

In the USA, large families that want decent coverage have to pay exponentially higher costs - increasing with the family size.

In Canada, every wage earner pays a small portion of their paycheck into our health system, whether they use it or not.

I'll make this simple.

I as a single guy I paid x amount of dollars of each paycheck into the system.

The guy with a wife and six kids (or more) PAYS THE SAME as me!

Better yet, those contributions are REDUCED in the form of a rebate at income tax time depending on how many dependants he has.

And the homeless, those on social assistance etc, GET THE SAME BENEFITS AS A MILLIONAIRE;

without having to fork out a dime.

makes ya ponder, no?

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