In article <5kkmtjF444hkU1@mid.individual.net>,
"Giusi" <decobabeone@yahoo.com> wrote:

> > Where do you live?
> >
> > What is your TOTAL income tax percentage?
> >
> > With all of the final deductions, (SSI and Medicare tax) mine comes out
> > to nearly 25%.
> >
> > And then there is 8% sales tax on top of it.
> >
> > And Property tax, and school tax...
> >
> > I'd read that the income tax in England was around 50%.
> > --
> > Peace, Om
>
> I live in Italy where it seems the medical system works better than the UK..
> whoddathunk? >Income taxes are graduated here and the UK. The TOP is 50%
> as I recall. I pay nowhere near that.
>
> However, the medical payment is not a tax, but a subscription with a lower
> plateau of about euro 385. Under our system, you'd pay 7.5% of $50,000,
> nothing for prescriptions, and a small co-pay for some services. Here your
> employer may pay all of that or part of it, usually half. Only those
> without a fixed job usually pay it all themselves.
> --

Maybe I'll move to Italy. ;-)

What is your Catholic population?

My Employer actually does pay a percentage of my medical insurance.
I pay around $100.00 per month just for myself but there are things the
insurance won't cover. Pap smears for one, and my new Glasses came
entirely out of pocket except for a part of the Dr.'s visit. That was a
$40.00 co-pay.

The glasses (progressive bifocals) were a little over $400.00.

It's a good thing I keep them as long as I can rather than going
annually.

I think I'll skip the annual indignity for 5 years this time. The pap
and mammogram were unaffordable, even with insurance.
--
Peace, Om

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