前天俺身体某部位发炎,有点痛,不舒服。心里想交了那么多医疗保险费,得用用了。打电话给第一个家庭医生,说:very very pain, very uncomfortable,如果能用中文,我就喊痛死我了. 请求安排最快的见面时间。结果,电话那头,滴滴答答敲键盘,说:最快也只能下周二下午,又晕,今天才星期四呀!没办法,只好约下周二。
去到Super Drug Mark.把处方单给服务员,核对我的医疗卡,姓名,地址,然后让我等十分钟。之后,来了,一开口:Forty-seven.xx,我一愣,47元?刷完卡,一看帐单,47.90元,差点吐血,总共才20粒消炎药呀!换算成人民币,310元才20粒消炎药,晕死!我在中国能买十瓶!有医保卡都这么贵!要是早知要几乎50加币,打死我也不吃这个药,大不了忍几天,总会好的,不是什么大疼痛。
Health Care doesn't cover prescription drugs unless you are hospitalized or it is ER's treatment. You can buy separated health insurance for drugs. Most of the employers has their own health plan for their employees, for example IBM pays 80% of your fee for prescription drugs.
Alberta is the province that doesn't have Sale's Tax (it is around 7% of the final price of everything you buy in other provinces), but it is also the first province that privatizes the health care system.
cadmus, keep your receipts. They are tax deductible when you file your personal income tax next year.