You confuse the US with an advance nation...
On 1/14/17 3:10 AM, Gino Villarini wrote:
I don�t understand why residents of the USA are so against a federal
health system� seems to be working in most of the advanced nations�
From: Af <af-boun...@afmug.com <mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com>> on behalf
of "eric.kuh...@gmail.com <mailto:eric.kuh...@gmail.com>"
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Date: Friday, January 13, 2017 at 6:10 PM
To: "af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>" <af@afmug.com
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Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Slightly, Cost of Living
$2100 a month for health insurance???
My wife and I pay $150 Canadian a month for both of us for the BC
provincial health insurance... Part of the federally funded system.
I cannot even fathom the idea of paying $500, $1000 or more for health
insurance for a family of 2 people, or 2 people + children, etc.
It's true that income taxes and other taxes are higher in Canada, but if
you consider that $2100 as a "tax" on your life and add it up to your
federal payroll deducations for US income tax, you may actually be
paying a lot more in a year than I do. No matter what income bracket
you're in.
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On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 9:57 AM, Sterling Jacobson <sterl...@avative.net
<mailto:sterl...@avative.net>> wrote:
I'm guessing this information is like a lot of you out there.
Except maybe my earnings because I am making about double median
gross salary for my city.
I'm not saying I work double, but I do fulfill many roles as the
only salary employee of my startup ISP.
I don't think I can replace myself for the same cost to the company,
so I feel ok with that.
I don't live extravagantly, but I do live comfortably.
I have a 3100 sqr foot rambler I've lived in since 2001 with a house
payment of around $1500 a month.
But my biggest expense is health/insurance and medical.
I now pay about $2100 a month for my family health insurance through
IHC.
I just signed up for a good Dental Gold plan at $100 a month for my
family, but since it's not company I have to wait 6-12 months for a
lot of the benefits :(
The insurance deductibles are I think around $6000 a year and I have
medications that eat up most of that.
I just upped my life and disability insurance on myself and my wife
to make sure things don't go bad if I die, that's around $550 a month.
I think I spend about $1000 a month on eating, groceries and
movies/date nights, at least that's what I came up to in December so
that might be a bit off.
I've got real estate I'm still trying to sell, but it's not the
panica everyone says it is, lol!
I just feel like finances don't go as far as they used to a few
years ago.
I'm not sparking a political debate, just wanted to see if everyone
see things in a similar light?
Or am I just doing the wrong things?
