For most people, that's expensive.

No, it isn't. Most people pay about that much for their cable. For the bottom 20 percent, yes, it is a budget-buster.

However, that is beside the point. Believe me, I hate explaining simple, simple things--but the person I was responding to is probably comfortably middle or upper-middle class and could afford a miserable 2000/year on a doctor. He doesn't have to become "rich enough", and almost 100 percent of the people in this thread don't have to either.

Average canadian income is 60k

2 k is a lot for even those at the 50th percentile and extremely significant for those below it.

Min wage earners make about 30k, so that 2k is 6.6% of thier income....

What I can find around me with a quick look sounds like about ~$400/m, or $4800/yr - which I could handle if I had to, but it would sting (especially as I still would have to pay my regular health insurance, of course). And there doesn't seem to be all that much choice - at least in places where I know to look.