In all truthfulness there is not any country that offers free heath care. You may think it is free but that is what the majority of your excessive taxes are used for. That is a good deal as long as you are on the receiving end, but does not make a lot of sense when you never get sick.
I have a friend who I work with here who makes the same wages I do ($60,000) a year of which the provincial government takes roughly 25.7% for taxes and federal takes roughly 14.2%, that is not counting the provincial and Canada sales taxes. My friend has been sick 3 times in the past seven years. Yet year after year and pay check after pay check he is charged for health care that he is not using and has no need to use right now.
The same goes for the provincial pension plan. You are required to invest (taxed) 7.9% of your gross income to a pension plan that by all estimates will be out of money with in the next 15 years.
People here are also mandated by law to have heath insurance. You can either have it through your company (mine is $350.00 per month) or through the province, but only if you are not offend by your company. If you have it through the province then it is 15% of your gross income.
Run the numbers and see if “Free” heath care is what you really want to pay.
I never thought I would say it but I miss the tax rate in the States!!
