Out here in Alberta we do pay a Health care premium opposed to it being factored into taxes. As a family we pay only (not sure exactly as my employer pays it for me), something like $90/month. This only includes family doctors and hospitals. Eye doctors/Dentists are paid by yourself or third party insurance as well as meds.

I wouldn't trade our system in for any other, if we would just pay our doctors closer to what they get down there we might be able to hang on to them longer, this is what is causing some of the wait times.

Any serious matters are looked at right away which does mean you could wait months or years for some non life threatening surgeries. I know of one person that waited 10 months for knee surgery but she wasn't in constant pain and had a desk job, the injury didn't affect her life style much.

Jason
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