<<I don't think I've ever heard anyone call medical care part of the commons. I certainly support good stewardship of the commons, but I'm having difficulty getting my head around the notion that that concept subsumes health care. It seems to apply to things that simply aren't divisible like oceans and airspace.>>
Well it is a "commoN" we use it when we come into this world and along the way and use it big time on the way out...just as we use other "commons" and there is a long list of those, infrastructure, and all the support services that links it are "commons" from my point of view.Some can not swallow these thoughts, it is too socialist commie for them, but anyway true, when you step out onto that street.
<<People who pay little, while I agree are not weasels, are still free (or discounted) riders. You may choose not to apply a stigma to that, which you clearly don't, but from an economic perspective they are still free riders.>>
In Canada, anyone can get a "torn ticket" at any time. A free rider (without
stigma <g>) can become a full payer. Supported,spouses, children, can become full payers, it is always in flux.
<<By "everyone" do you mean every single person or do you mean taxpayers? Sometimes you seem to be talking about one and sometimes the other. I assume that in Canada, like the US, some people don't earn enough to have to file tax returns. But you say that everyone, not just taxpayers, has to pay something toward the provincial fee?
Well, think about that.
Obviously children don't pay but they will eventually, if they file a tax return and pay tax they will be paying something toward health care.
The point is, they can not opt out or weasel out...they can opt out of society I guess if they choose, and taxpayers will pick up the tab for their health care.
The amount of provincial health care fee is determined when taxpayers fill out their federal annual return.Federal and provincial tax forms are completed together in one form so numbers all relate. |
