The article raises the right point — what is an “average” Canadian and talks about how hard it is to determine that. Median is a good way to determine “average” rather than mean. But that can be distorted too. A large number of people don’t work and pay nothing. So should the measure be what does the average tax-paying Canadian pay? That seems more realistic. The remainder is how much does the average Canadian pay for other peoples’ healthcare.
Bingo!
So the average Canadian pays $22,000 per year for bad quality healthcare.