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To: jttmab who wrote (206463)	10/18/2006 9:54:29 PM
From: Ichy Smith	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

So we pay 64 days more taxes, and many people don't buy the extra coverage you do. So even after you pay the 52 days we pay 12 days more taxes. And for us it is every tax payer.

To: jttmab who wrote (206463)	10/18/2006 10:18:38 PM
From: Ichy Smith	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

We spend 52 days of income on out of pocket Health and Medical Care. How many extra days do Canadians spend on Health and Medical care outside of the NHS? That depends on what we need. Warts and minor skin cancers we pay $50.00 for nitrogen, and optometrists, although they used to be covered, and dental and of course glasses. PSA tests you pay for yourself, and then you pay the Ontario health premium....Welfare pays only for extractions, so if you are on Welfare you have very little dental coverage. "The Ontario Health Premium is to be collected by the income tax system, and is effective July 1, 2004. The premium is based on taxable income, and ranges from no premium for those with taxable incomes under $20,000 to an annual premium of $900 for those with incomes over $200,000 in 2005 and later tax years. Ontario joins Alberta and British Columbia as the only provinces charging premiums to individuals for health insurance. Individual health care premiums were eliminated in Ontario 15 years ago and replaced with an employer health levy by which companies paid the health insurance premiums." canadaonline.about.com BTW that premium is $300 per adult person starting at $20,000 and going to 36,000. Then there is the bribe to the doctors of $100.00 a person to be on his list of patients. Since I so seldom use the system, I am not sure of all the fees.