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Originally Posted by First Lady
I really don't want to get into this debate; ironically because I am not healthy enough. 
But I will say this; for those who think our healthcare is "free", you need to give your head a shake and think about that for a moment.
If you still don't get it, investigate what percentage of our provincial (AB) budget is spent on healthcare. |
You know what, I'll gladly take it. Because in the end, there are certain guarantees that you have, even if you have to pay a few hundred dollars extra year. If you get cancer or become a paraplegic, you know you will at least be taken care of for the long term, and you don't have to mortgage your life savings, or that of your family, in order to do so.
As I mentioned above, I have a friend who takes a $12,000/dose form of medicine for his rare type of hemophilia. Luckily he's not American, but if he was, do you think he'd rather pay a little bit higher in taxes every year, instead of having to face THAT monster of a bill?