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In US you have to pay. In Canada it's free.
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in US you've got to have benefits through an insurance company. they cover some costs etc.. if you get sick, need prescriptions, go to the doctor or need to stay in the hospital. In Canada we are required to pay taxes right off our paycheque for medicare. it is free to go to the doctor and stay in the hospital unless we request special things like a private room. in that case i believe we pay the difference, not the entire cost.
Things like prescriptions are paid for, for me anyways, partially with benefits from work. For my prescriptions I pay $8 every 3 months for a presciption that would cost $50 without benefits. Without the benefits we'd have to pay 100% of the cost, which can be ridiculous depending on the prescription.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe Provinces and Territories are responsible for providing heath care, they are supposed to follow the Canadian Health Care Act. The Federal Government does make payments to the Provinces and Territories via a complicated formula.
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∙ 13y agoAll canadians have universal health care.....good for them!
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∙ 11y agoWe pay taxes here to the government, and they use alot of those taxes for our health care system.
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∙ 9y agoYes, Canada provides free healthcare to all citizens.
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∙ 12y agoMedicare
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