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Originally Posted by Dan02
Your logic makes no sense to me. The US is "richer" then Canada on a per person basis, if they choose to tax differently that's their ball of wax but it's wrong to say the abiltity doesn't exist to raise the same level of funds.
Yes, there'd be 10 times the Albertans, but there'd also be 10 times the Quebecors...
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And simply adding 10x more the people who will supposedly add 10x more tax revenue won't actually cover 10x the health care cost. Because the cost won't just be 10x more.
Low income people pay less taxes and still demand the same quality of care than someone who makes $400,000/year.
The tax rates would need to be adjusted to accommodate the differences, but there will always be a problem with having enough money.
I'm starting to become convinced that health care will always be a deficit creating social service. Trick is to minimize that deficit as much as possible. Or be a resource rich province like Alberta that can afford to spend more money on health care than other places.