My wife and I *always* have to wait 6-13 weeks to see our doctor, and another 12-22 weeks to see a specialist. The difference between the good ol’ USofA and Canada seems to be that we are paying 2-4 times as much per capita for the same sorts of service. The unemployment rate in my family just rose to 50%, as I was laid off three weeks ago. Health insurance is, as of now, 30% of my wife’s professional income. I’ll probably get into some contracting, and try to remain under the patent radar: I am a software developer, and the present structure of the U.S. patent system almost guarantees that most of my work places me in violation of some corporate-owned software patent.
And about taxes: I am *waay* fed up with paying U.S. tax rates to finance the screwing we’re getting from the administration, Congress (and sometime in the next 4 years) Supreme court in thrall to to large corporate interests. In case you decide research these issues honestly, look at state and local taxes, combined with significantly higher prices for inelastic costs (housing, health, fuel) in concert with Federal rates. The sum of federal taxes, state taxes, local taxes and the aforementioned inelastic costs of living is simultaneously greater and more regressive after the recent federal "tax cuts".
My wife and I *always* have to wait 6-13 weeks to see our doctor, and another 12-22 weeks to see a specialist. The difference between the good ol’ USofA and Canada seems to be that we are paying 2-4 times as much per capita for the same sorts of service. The unemployment rate in my family just rose to 50%, as I was laid off three weeks ago. Health insurance is, as of now, 30% of my wife’s professional income. I’ll probably get into some contracting, and try to remain under the patent radar: I am a software developer, and the present structure of the U.S. patent system almost guarantees that most of my work places me in violation of some corporate-owned software patent.
And about taxes: I am *waay* fed up with paying U.S. tax rates to finance the screwing we’re getting from the administration, Congress (and sometime in the next 4 years) Supreme court in thrall to to large corporate interests. In case you decide research these issues honestly, look at state and local taxes, combined with significantly higher prices for inelastic costs (housing, health, fuel) in concert with Federal rates. The sum of federal taxes, state taxes, local taxes and the aforementioned inelastic costs of living is simultaneously greater and more regressive after the recent federal "tax cuts".