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Originally Posted by mooguy
Canada DOES have a national sales tax, it's called the GST.......Goods and Services Tax. It's just another number for VAT and it applies to basically everything except rent, food, baby/children's clothing and a few other smaller exemptions and low income people receive a rebate cheque every 3 months. It is 5% but all the provinces {except Alberta} have a added sales tax on top of it.
Canada's medical system is 100% government. Canada in it's governance and social and societal views in much more like Europe {especially Northern Europe and France for Quebec} and Australia is far more British.
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Um, our health insurance is to a point. Extra private insurance is available for those who want extra things covered, but doctors, clinics, some hospitals and even the lab we go to for tests are private. They just have to follow the Canada Health Act, and charge their respective provincial health authorities the pre-set fees.
For instance for labs.
"LifeLabs is a Canadian-owned
company that has been serving the healthcare needs of Canadians for more than 50 years. "
About LifeLabs - Corporate | LifeLabs
One of the myriad of private clinic companies.
"Care Point Medical has been in the
business of providing medical clinic facilities and healthcare professionals to family physicians and specialists since 1986. "
Care Point Medical Centres - About Us - CBI.ca
I think you know this, but I just wanted to clarify to those that don't, that saying that our whole system is 100 percent government gives people the wrong idea.
Because it's all so integrated and people just walk into basically any medical facility and show their CareCard and get the care. No insurance forms to fill out, no clerks checking to see what's covered by your insurance or not etc. It can appear sometimes as one big machine.
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