Yeah, nobody in Canada should ever complain about group benefits if they have ever seen a US plan. I was at a conference in the states once, talking to some guys from a US dealership. Not only did they not believe me when I was explaining our 'communist' health care system, one actually had to get up and leave when I explained my dental, eyecare, life, disability, and all the other group stuff came to a whopping 60 bucks a month, or 110 for family coverage. He could not grasp the concept of walking into a hospital, or a doctors office, just getting fixed, and walking out. He was paying $375 a month, for very limited coverage, with some crazy deductable, I think it was 5 grand or something.
We aren't France when it comes to health care benefits, but we could be waaaaaaaay worse off. I just hope it stays that way. Sometimes we tend to take that luxury forgranted.
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