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Originally posted by fatbaby@Jan 27 2004, 04:38 PM
You are paying for your 'free health care' , no matter HOW you look at it.... your taxes are much higher than the US % wise.... The money to pay for the health care system has to come from some place.. it sure as hell aint out of the 'goodness' of the political system's heart.....
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Of course I pay for my "free health care" it's obvious but I would still dish out a good amount of money in taxes so taking a few more bucks for seeing a doctor for free whenever I am or my family is sick is a great deal!
Taxes pourcentage goes accordingly with your wage, situation etc. If you are a single guy, big salary you pay 25% of your salary in taxes. A family with kids pays between 20-30% (on 2 income), a single mother pays 12% but still gets child benefits. The amount of taxes that is paid monthly in my household is low enough. I always ask for the maximum being take off my pay checks, as if I was a single guy so at the end of the year, usually, I get around 1-2K back. So at the end, giving roughly the same amount for an insurance plan or giving it to the governement. At least I know when I need money because I'm sick I won't have to go through the process of asking the insurance, them making sure all is fine and maybe denying me from it...
I still say that it's important that everyone gets the right to the same surgery, same cares, poor or rich. That's why I don't believe in having a care system where it would be different according to the luck you have in life... I'm still traumatised by a movie I've seen that happened in the US, the guy had a heart attack, company didn't give him and insurance plan, he made a minimum wage, he had a heart attack and the whole family ended up in the street.
