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murphyj87

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6. For those of us in Canada ...
Tue Jul 1, 2014, 08:52 PM
Jul 2014

All provinces pay 80% of prescription drugs for those aged 65 and over, and also several provinces pay 80% of prescription drugs for those under age 65 who don`t have company plans (also our prescription drugs cost between 15% and 30% what yours do. ( My prescriptions cost $109 here - the province pays $87.20 and I pay $21.80 - while when out of interest I checked with Walgreen`s in the US, my prescriptions would cost $825 a month there).

While vision and dental are not covered, my company pension plus Canada Pension (like Social Security) plus Old Age Pension (which you don`t have) is greater than the average wage earner makes in the US, and my vision and dental costs are tax deductible, so I get most of it back in the form of tax refunds and sales tax rebates when I file my taxes.

My health care is the same as that of any Canadian of any age, universal single payer health care that puts your denied and rationed insurance run health care to shame.

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