[smpc]

In Canada,do they have the same thing we have in Australia re private health care?ie,if you do get private health care insurance,you are exempt from paying medicare fees at tax time?

[Nataku X]

I could be wrong but I believe that you're not allowed to have any private insurance at all. All health care is public. That way everyone is equal.

I went gambling up there recently and got a Canadian quarter with cutesy-drawn butterflies and balloons on it. I kid you not. LOL!

[mitchbert]

In Canada,do they have the same thing we have in Australia re private health care?ie,if you do get private health care insurance,you are exempt from paying medicare fees at tax time?

No, everyone gets dinged on their tax bill. As well, many folks, myself included, carry supplamental coverage (though an employer/employee copayment arrangement) that insures me for things the gov't system doesn't, like dental, drugs, long term disability pay assistance, etc. Our system is far from universal in fact.