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Do you pay NI Sylvs in Canada?


....and thank YOU for caring that I am still here to tell the tale


...humph

I think it is wrong, by the way, as there were many people with far more debilitating illnesses than me who did not get free medication.

The thyroid condition did not stop me from working etc. so I idid not need the free medication like those who had diabetes,asthma or cancer, or other serious illnesses who did not get the same free drugs

I have to say though that with the passing of time, I have developed more serious illnesses so I a now grateful that I can get the free 'meds' as I now take so many.

Dea Xxx

We don't have NI

every province has its own Medical Services Plan, which covers the cost of doctors' visits, hospital stays, etc. Each province also has some form of a Pharmacare Plan which covers the costs of prescription drugs for everyone with an income below a certain level.

Everyone has to pay monthly contributions to MSP unless their income is below $22,000 (or about £9,000), then monthly payments gradually increase until the individual reaches an annual income of $30,000 (ca £14,000).

In BC, MSP provides free GP treatment, free referrals to a specialist by GP (or opthalmologist, or specialist to specialist), free x-rays/MRI's and such like, a bed in a 4 bed ward in hospital for about $20 a night, free treatment/medications etc while in hospital. People over 65 also get 1 free eye test a year. The cost of a care home for seniors or incapable people is included ... but only at a pretty low level.

Prescriptions, spectacles, prostheses, etc have to be paid in full, unless one is below a certain income level.

Some alternative treatments are covered ......... but Canada, and the US to an even greater extent I think, are resistant to non-medical treatments!


When OH was working, the university paid 50% of the premiums for MSP, an Extended Health Insurance with a private company, and Dental Insurance with the same company.

When he retired, we had to take over paying the full cost of premiums every month. We currently pay

MSP ......... $109 per month = $1308 per year

Extended Health .......... $106.39 = $1276.68 per year

Total for the medical for 2011 will be $2584.68 ...... or about £1200

Dental Insurance ...... $80.34 = $964.08




good job he has a good pension!



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We claim a lot of the prescription costs from the Extended Health ........ but like all insurance companies, they take every chance to deny reimbursement!

We can also claim medical costs as a "benefit" when we file our annual income tax return ......... and that usually results in a refund of taxes paid to the Federal Government!


My drugs cost at least $4000-4500 a year (ca £2000).



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Yes I want to know Dea..Or I would not have pointed it out..

Sylvia...No one in Wales pays for a prescription..

If it is what they are testing for a course of 3 types of Antibiotics together will cure it I have been told...

Oh and I -- were in Bupa -- for donkeys years in UK --- and never claimed


but I bet when we get back to UK --- they will not touch us with a barge pole


Renes

UK pay all our medical bills here in Spain -- and have done since I was 60 -- Spain send them a bill for us each year

you guys are lucky!

Fans - It is Urea, mixed with lots of carbon(Radio active or not, depending on the test you have !!

Urea is derived from urine - thankfully it is often sinthetically derived nowadays !!!

Dea Xxx

Enjoy................

Dea Xxx

Yuuuukkkk !!!! - You asked for it Fans !!!

Dea Xxx

Knew it wouldnt bother me to know...How can I be squeamish coming from good but poor farming stock???

Wasnt it Ghandi that drank his own urine everyday for health reasons?
I know many did and do...

Sylvia -- where would I go to see this guy in a Canadian Census :

Ontario Deaths,1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947
: James Fearn
: Deathdate: 15 Oct 1928
: York, Ontario, Canada
age: 73
father: Benjamin Fearn
mother: Mary Higgins

Thanks Renes

hi cynthia are you sure it doesn't say f.w.cousons by his father george cousons as got a family living not far from me called, that but george died a few years ago now.they have a large family so if one or two was on here i think you'd find them regards lynne

Glad I haven't upset you Fans !!

Dea xx

Bluuurggghhh !!!!!!!!!!!!

Dea Xxx

Renes


sorry, I have very little idea re anything to do with Canada!


you need JC


you could try this site

www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/022-911.009-e.html




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Aneurin Bevan....good man I say


And why would you drink something your own body gets shut of as 'waste'?

Dea....you know everything!

Don't make fun Ginns - poor Fans HAD to take the test !!

Dea Xx

I do NOT know everything - I just know a 'little' about very many subjects, having spent many years working in very many occupations, and SEVERAL years in the 'Health Service' !!

Dea Xxx

I am on good medication it makes me fall asleep at the wrong times so I miss Emmerdale and stuff, good job I record it. I was taking a non licenced drug for a while which cost me £20 a month because GP would not prescribe it, but I dont get mine free either, but working on it.

ja...x