Health Care..

[huntervinni]

Ahhhh the Healthcare debate. Pros and cons on both sides but the one thing that bothers me the most is canadians thumping their chests at the Americans saying....well at least we have free Healthcare.
With anything in life, it helps if you can add a value to it. Unfortunately though in canada we don't specifically have a health care tax to know exactly how much of our taxes go to pay Healthcare. Our government structured it this way on purpose, but is it really to our benefit?
Let's do some simple yet hypothetical math shall we. Someone who earns say $100,000 a year is in the highest tax bracket so 50% of that is going to taxes. Of the $50,000 how much of that would you say is used for Healthcare? I'm going to be conservative and say 20% even though I believe it to be higher....so $10,000 is earmarked for Healthcare.
Does anyone know the top notch Healthcare plan you can buy in the usa for $10,000 a year? Not to mention that the plan will also include drugs, ambulance, and maybe even some massage therapy.
Now we all know as canadians that our tax dollars do not cover all our Healthcare needs so in actuality we are paying more than the $10,000. So what value does that kind of money get you in canada.....ridiculous wait times for emergency room visits, specialist appointments, MRI's, etc.
It's no denying the USA has some of the best doctors in the world and the most advanced medical equipment anywhere on earth, not to mention the thousands of canadians that head south of the border when serious medical conditions arise.
Want my opinion.....we need a 2 tiered medical system in this country. Nothing wrong with a little competition to keep doctors and hospitals on their toes.