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Originally Posted by Texas Flames Fan
One thing that was mentioned by another poster earlier has stayed with me and that was Canadians pay $25,000/year for a family of 4 for healthcare. I think that may be fairly accurate. My question would be is every Canadian paying for this or what is the percentage of Canadians that pay that rate? Meaning what age, wage and general % of the population that pays that rate compared to the people that pay zero and do not contribute. The next question would be is what percentage is increasing, the payers or the takers?
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No, it's not accurate at all. An Alberta family of 4 with $100K in family income (let's say $70K + $30K) would pay approximately $17,500 in income tax. They'd also get $4-6000 back in child benefits depending on the age of their kids. So they come in at about $12-13K a year for their entire income tax bill, which includes health coverage.