Frank,
You should only be paying 6% GST now. That changed when the Conservatives
got in.
In Alberta we pay only the 6% GST and no provincial sales tax. Not sure
about the income tax or what the "Cap" on Doctors are.
Right now I pay $64.00 (42.00 extended medical single + $22.00 alberta
health care single) per month for health care insurance through my old
employer (who is now paying me the Long Term Disability). All I pay for my
medications is 20% with my Blue Cross Insurance picking up the other 80%. I
can claim those payments on my income tax every year. When I have any kind
of tests MRI's, blood work, x-rays etc etc I do not pay anything.
I did not pay anything for my 2 month stay in the hospital.
When I was in hospital it was really good. I had great care. From doctors,
nurses, physiotherapist, occupational therapist, home care people etc etc.
I was in the accute care section for 3 weeks until there was room for me in
Rehab section. During that time (remember that the Foothills Hospital here
in Calgary is a teaching hospita) several doctors brought around their
students to examine me. I was more than happy for them to do this as I
thought that is these young new doctors in training got to actually see a
case of TM (who knows how many they 'would' see in their practice) that I
hope they would recognize it. I say this as the first doctor who saw me for
the first 12 hours in the hospital emergency didn't have a flipping clue
what was wrong and was trying to send me to another hospital where my family
GP has privileges. The following morning another doctor came on as the head
one in emergency and he said there was definitely something seriously wrong
and got a neurologist to come and look at me. When he saw me he did the
Babinski test on my feet (that is what I was told it was) and in my fog of
morphine at the time all I remember of him was a large man in a suit with
lots of bushy hair at the end of the bed and as he was leaving I heard him
say "she is not going anywhere" and the word "paraplegic". Now in my fog
that DID strike fear.
I am now able to walk without aids in the house, use a walker in the store
or around a lot of people and a cane for more sane times. I use the
wheelchair occasionally.
When I turn 65 (in 3 more years - Aug 31, 2010 - yikes) I will not have to
pay any health care premiums as it is covered for seniors here in Alberta.
Hope this helps explain.
Heather in Calgary
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I had heard that you pay a lot of taxes toward your socialized medicine.
Here in Montreal, we pay 15% tax, 8% provincial and 7% National, Sales
Tax!!
The income tax rises very quickly to 50%.
The majority of physicians have a "Cap." So after they have made-
GROSSED- $150,000 ( or some other negotiated figure, depending on
specialty) they don't get paid any more, except the cash with which I pay.
F
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