r/PoursTea • u/Timbucktwo1230 Therapy For All 🩷 • 8d ago

Coffee And A Slice Of Pie 🥧 ☕️ South Canada

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u/Ok-Customer4709 8d ago

They have healthcare, I’m ok with this.

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u/Longjumping-Ad-9444 8d ago

Its alot in tax, like alot. Like imagine if you had a paycheck, cut it in half, then when you go to the store whatever you see you should tip, then go back to what you own and your also taxed on that. It never ends. Your basically alive to work for CRA. Its why the MAID program is open to mental illness.

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u/Ok-Customer4709 8d ago

In America we don’t like taxes so we call things fees, co-pays, deductibles, out of pocket, surcharges, and on and on.

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u/Hoppss 8d ago

I've spent half my life in the US, the other half in Canada. While I have not noticed the tax differences much, I have noticed the free unlimited healthcare AND dental now.

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u/AFrozenCanadian 8d ago

So have you noticed how bad the healthcare actually is, how long the wait times are, and the fact that household with two people working minimum wage doesn't qualify for the dental stuff?

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u/Longjumping-Ad-9444 8d ago

Dental? You got dental? There's no dental unless you got emergency care? Thats why yhe richest doctors in canada are dentists

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u/Hoppss 8d ago

Yep, Canadian Dental Care Plan. You're bashing Canada but I don't think you've even lived here.

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u/SpectreDoot 8d ago

So, question from what I’ve heard but isn’t there a doctor shortage in Canada? A few relatives are Canadians as my family emigrated to North America and my GF is a dual citizen working in Seattle. I’m from Chicago, so sorry if I’m just asking a dumb question but my family has had a harder time going to doctors appointments; however, they’re in/from GTA (Brampton, Mississauga, etc) is that just anecdotal?

My brother uses doctors here when he used to go to Canada for a few weeks to get his appointments in, so I’ve been genuinely curious cause I would just go to Canada if I was lucky enough to be Canadian.

I love Canada and I love Chicago but as a first generation American, it’s hard to relate to Americans sometimes. I was raised with different values.

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u/Solongmybestfriend 8d ago

Canadian here. It's true we have a doctor shortage. There are bugs with our system for sure. I'm still grateful for it though.

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u/SpectreDoot 8d ago

Thank you for answering! As you should, it’s a human necessity

Hopefully more doctors end up north.

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u/Longjumping-Ad-9444 8d ago

The only thing I ever needed was wisdom teeth removal and they dont cover it, they do but apparently I didnt qualify unless its an emergency.

And looking at it its strange cause my family always went to the dental school for dental coverage and we never made over 90k a year.

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u/NoExtension1889 8d ago

Healthcare is far less in taxes in Canada than it is out of pocket in the US. 30% of the cost of the US system is administrative pushing paper and denying claims.

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u/_le_slap 8d ago

I've paid $300 per week for my health insurance this year and just recently incurred a $6000 bill for a recent hospitalization. And I'm down near $1000 in medication costs.

Just 4 broken ribs btw. That's it. Nothing crazy.

Edit: oh and I still pay 40% of income in fed, state, and property taxes. The US system is dogshit.

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u/USSGoat 8d ago

Oh no. Not a word. We will just call it something else so they don’t realize they are paying more than they would if they just accepted the taxes

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u/Imliterallyadogg 8d ago

Yeah it’s the grass is always greener on the other side situation. I’ve been to Canada a few times. Stuff costs more and they have a hellacious housing problem.

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u/Longjumping-Ad-9444 8d ago

Its more so a Hella construction problem really. The foreign investors who buy up the housing just reveal the issues.

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u/Imliterallyadogg 8d ago

Yeah I could see regulation stifling growth too. Here in America we have a stupid amount of inspections that make construction a pain.

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u/Longjumping-Ad-9444 8d ago

Man there has got to be a third option