A lot of people in the US work at the job they do, not for the pay or career choice, but for the health insurance benefits. Running into a hospital emergency department for the sniffles is unheard of because of the cost. Here in Canada, it's the norm - a hospital emergency waiting room filled with fairly healthy patients, that could have gone to see a doc in a box instead. Yeah, my wife is American born and raised. When she complained about the birthing and recovery rooms at York Central, I had to say, "you get what you pay for" - LOL! Personally, I think I would have been better off with a $6,000 5-star hospital bill, health insurance premiums, a much lower marginal tax rate, tax deductible mortgage interest and income splitting.
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