http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/canada-politics/health-care-insurance-costs-skyrocket-canada-system-unsustainable-182904579.html
The Fraser Institute is a *very* right wing think tank that, like the tea-party "patriots", doesn't like progressive cultural movement. The Fraser Institute is a seething cauldron of frustration tasked with bringing down Canada's social systems, esp. health care. It is given pride of place in all Canadian MSM. Consider how the headline distorts the issue. So here's what it says:
According to a new study by the Fraser Institute — titled The Price of Public Health Care Insurance: 2013 Edition — the average Canadian household now pays approximately $7,860 in taxes for 'health care insurance.' That's a jump of 53.3 per cent (before inflation) from 2003.
Family composition Average cash income Tax bill for public health care insurance
Unattached individuals------ $39,039------------$3,780
2 adults, 0 children---------- $99,226------------$11,381
2 adults, 1 child-------------- $108,609----------$10,989
2 adults, 2 children-----------$113,247----------$11,320
1 adult, 1 child----------------$49,619------------$3,905
1 adult, 2 children------------$49,372------------$3,387
I add, since the Fraser Institute doesn't recognize these as people, as citizens:
homeless---------------------- free.
don't fall in those high income brackets-------subsidized-->free.
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