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Re:The difference between ‘broke’ and ‘poor’ by SlowRobotAhead on Saturday March 16, 2019 @12:06PM (#19408465)
I was under the impression that Canada’s health system does have a yearly deductible for perceptions at least. $750 I thought.

Edit: Yes, this was for BC or Alberta and is still the case in at least one of those.

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Re:The difference between ‘broke’ and ‘poor’ by hackermailman on Saturday March 16, 2019 @12:19PM (#19408560)
Every province has their own system, some provinces extort their population with all kinds of fees/deductibles and some don't depending on how shady the regional ruling regime is. This article is about Ontario's system but there's much worse, such as looking up the FVRD's policy of ordering hospital beds be turned faster by using a taxi to dump patients, sometimes in different jurisdictions https://globalnews.ca/news/5033260/chilliwack-mayor-fraser-h...
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Re:The difference between ‘broke’ and ‘poor’ by pcdoyle on Saturday March 16, 2019 @12:18PM (#19408550)
It's different in every province. The Federal Government has a very narrow jurisdiction in Canada, and healthcare is not in it. In BC I pay for my prescriptions but it's heavily subsidized for most of them.
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