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joebedford
Nomad III
Jun 06, 2019

Canuck with no medical insurance - prepare for emergenncy"?

Last year, I was in Florida for 4.5 months with no emergency medical insurance. I knew that the thing that was stopping my eligibility was bogus so I wasn't worried health-wise. An accident? That woul...
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fitznj
Explorer
Jun 06, 2019
My tax on 57k was less than 6k. So much for "tax liability".

What no sales tax in Canada? Property Tax? Township tax? County tax?
and the other multitude of taxes.

The cost for health care has to come from somewhere, if not from
you then from your neighbour. It's certainly not "free" as you
stated.

As stated, the USA is an exceptionally generous country, if you have
medical emergency, you won't be left on the sidewalk and left to die.

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