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http://goanvoice.org.uk/miningpetition.php --------------------------------------------------------------------------- J. Colaco wrote: > 1: That having been noted, would you say that the level of taxation in > Canada is significantly higher than that in the USA. jc, Every year, I file a tax return in both Canada and the US. Every year, regardless of my income, I get a refund of a few dollars from the US tax authority. In other words, the US tax rates are marginally lower than that of Canada. > 4: I am surprised that in Canada, one can be fined for missing an > annual check up. Is this true in the country of 'Malette v Shulman'? > Does this mean that an individual is forced to provide consent to a > doctor for an annual physical exam (or risk a fine)? To make this clear, the doctor is allowed to charge his patient for missing the annual exam. The reasoning is that doctor was deprived of his income and thus s/he is now allowed to charge the patient in lieu of the fee the doctor would have got from the govt. If the patient does not want to pay, the patient is free to change doctors. venantius j pinto wrote: > Seriously---did you really not know the cost of insurance in the U.S., and > the basic permutations of what one gets in the US for what one puts out in > the US? Perhaps you were attempting to draw a composite picture, and > hopefully did not really find what you Jim said---too funny. Its not funny > and not a joke bro. Its very real. People we know are in trouble in various > ways. v, When I was working in the US, 20 years ago, my health insurance premiums were $150 per month. When I got laid off, the insurance company was kind enough to inform me that they would now provide the same insurance for $300.00 a month. My health situation had not changed. All that had changed was that I had become jobless. The insurance company felt that it was a good moment to er, capitalize on the situation. I understand that the US population has got bigger since I left and since there are more people buying health insurance, the premiums must go higher, but I was totally totally astounded when Jim F. pointed out that it now cost him $15,000 annually to insure his family. Another way to view this scenario, since the province provides our health services, I have an extra $15,000 a year to save or spend, just because I live in Canada and not the US. > I have a faint feeling that if all this info has just come to your notice, > then you must be relieved that the cards life dealt you placed your being in > Canada, or perhaps for good reason you made a decision not to come to the > U.S. I actually earned two degrees in the US before I moved to Canada. The reason I moved here is because there is a social life in Toronto. The additional bonus for me is that the people I grew up with in Tanzania, all live within 45 minutes from where I do. > Jim F and Dr. J Colaco to his superb credit as a doctor---both put it well. Just in case you are not aware of it, Dr. J. Colaco is both a doctor and a lawyer. Obama is only a lawyer but he gets the fact that you reduce medical expenses by prevention of diseases, rather than by treatment. Those who do not understand this are the very people who are bitching about the new health bill. Mervyn1108Lobo __________________________________________________________________ Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/gift/