Originally Posted by TheDoc

More people paying into the pool, provides lower costs for those conditions. If everyone with Epilepsy, MS, etc could get the medications/chairs, etc, all of the crap would be cheaper. Getting people in with this conditions, sooner... brings the cost way down - preventive medicine/care is one of the best ways to lower healthcare costs.

If "everyone" was paying in - you would be paying less. Just like on average, you pay more for Insurance right now and care... than the average Canadian does in taxes or any nation with a solid social medical system.