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by xeromal 1570 days ago
You can go to quest diagnostics or labscorb and order yourself a test for under 200$ (no insurance needed) that would do an entire panel on you. I did this and then called a teledoc for like 40$ (copay) and had them go over hte results with me. It's pretty sweet.
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InitialLastName 1570 days ago
> called a teledoc for like 40$ (copay)

So, more like $7400 annually [0], plus a $40 copay, discounting whatever other health care you needed in the year.

[0] https://www.kff.org/report-section/ehbs-2020-section-6-worke...

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ejolto 1570 days ago
If you make 100K a year in Canada you pay $29,986 in taxes of which about a third goes to healthcare, so $10000 annually and you still won't get tested preventatively.
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InitialLastName 1569 days ago
The difference is that the US cost is true whether you're wealthy or poor (above a certain margin). In Canada, if you make the median household income of $35k, you presumably pay proportionally less (or even less than that; I can't be bothered to look up the progressive taxation margins) in taxes, so $3500 max.
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