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Originally Posted by Da Nag
From where are your taxes collected? Are they a fixed percentage of something (income, property value, sales tax, etc.), or simply taken out of a larger tax pie from one of these sources?
I've no doubt there may be instances where one might be paying more in your country than down here. But, taking the Canadian population as a whole, do you believe your per capita expenses are higher, when compared to the insured population down here?
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Health care is funded out of general tax revenues, which includes both income taxes and sales taxes. Sales taxes are fixed, but income tax is "progressive" the more you make the more you pay. The top tax bracket in Ontario is 46.4% which does not include our Canada Pension or Employment Insurance. People with low or no income pay next to nothing in income taxes and therefore they're getting a really good deal on the health care system.
Here's an interesting link to a PDF.
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hcs-sss/pubs/expen-depens/2001-exp-depen-1980/index_e.html
Page 26 has some per capita info for the 2001-2004 years.