Since you're not going to get much but "my job went to India" - I'd take a look and see what you NEED. Do you have a family? $40-45K would be good ($20-22.50 per hour), especially if your spouse works. Take the highest you can get. Resume' experience and skills pay off.
I make $45K in LA, and let me tell you, supporting a family on that in SoCal is hard. We pay almost $1000 for a one bedroom apartment in a safe (but not luxurious) neighborhood, where my wife and I live with our toddler and our infant. Things are tight out here; I had to move from San Diego to get this job, and one of my co-workers moved from Silicon Valley. The salary range actually topped out at $40K but the wanted the skillset I was bringing to the table badly enough to come up the extra five. Asking
Think about this for a second. $45K is pre-tax. Take away social "security" tax, state tax, federal tax and with luck $30K remains. Now take away $12K for rent, that leaves 18K. Per month, that is $1500. Now take away food, clothes, medical bill, and maybe a car payment and gas, and there isn't a lot of wiggle room.
I thought the US was supposed to have low taxes! You're talking of an average tax rate of 33%. I'm earning a lot more than that but living in Canada... my average tax rate is 26%, although the marginal rate has topped out at 43%. I felt like I was getting a better deal when I moved here from the States, now you've confirmed it! To think my taxes actually include something useful like decent health care.
To think my taxes actually include something useful like decent health care.
That's a great laugh. I'm from Canada too and our health care is worse than useless (at least with nothing we can pay for decent health care).
Which part is good? The part where people die after waiting 24 hours in a hospital waiting room? How about when my grandmother spent 8 hours waiting in an ambulence in a hospital parking lot because the hospital was too backed up to admit her and her condition was too bad for the param
If you really think the grass is greener, then move. You'll soon find the same 8 hour waits in American emergency rooms (ask me, I know firsthand), the same shit on endoscopes, and the same wastes in terms of costs. Doctors on the US are business people. They make more money dispensing 6 doses of chemotherapy, than one dose of radionuclide therapy. Know how I know, I work in the health industry in Canada, and used to in the US. Canada's health care system isn't perfect by any means (ie, lack of
Exactly, they're business and they know that an unhappy customer (patient) will find another doctor and stop giving them money (or even sue them for malpractice...if you do work in the health industry in Canada you know what's invovled in suing a doctor here -- for practical purposes it can't be done).
The grass is much greener in the US if you can pay for it (and yes, it's browner if you can't). But shouldn't people have the right to the best healthcare they can a
This is a sticky question and one that I'm not sure has a good answer. The whole notion of long waiting lists in Canada is a myth propogated by people who have no inside information. The simple fact is that if you have the real need for an MRI or CT (and no, tennis elbow does not qualify), the wait will be minimal (ie, a few days).
I guess what it comes down to is if you have enough money to buy an MRI machine, donate the money to a local hospital so they can buy one. I'm sure you'll get your scan done right away if you did that. Plus, for the next 10 years, you'll be doing a great service to the rest of the community who has tennis elbow.
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That's a great laugh. I'm from Canada too and our health care is worse than useless (at least with nothing we can pay for decent health care).
Which part is good? The part where people die after waiting 24 hours in a hospital waiting room? How about when my grandmother spent 8 hours waiting in an ambulence in a hospital parking lot because the hospital was too backed up to admit her and her condition was too bad for the param
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If you really think the grass is greener, then move. You'll soon find the same 8 hour waits in American emergency rooms (ask me, I know firsthand), the same shit on endoscopes, and the same wastes in terms of costs. Doctors on the US are business people. They make more money dispensing 6 doses of chemotherapy, than one dose of radionuclide therapy. Know how I know, I work in the health industry in Canada, and used to in the US. Canada's health care system isn't perfect by any means (ie, lack of
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Exactly, they're business and they know that an unhappy customer (patient) will find another doctor and stop giving them money (or even sue them for malpractice...if you do work in the health industry in Canada you know what's invovled in suing a doctor here -- for practical purposes it can't be done).
The grass is much greener in the US if you can pay for it (and yes, it's browner if you can't). But shouldn't people have the right to the best healthcare they can a
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I guess what it comes down to is if you have enough money to buy an MRI machine, donate the money to a local hospital so they can buy one. I'm sure you'll get your scan done right away if you did that. Plus, for the next 10 years, you'll be doing a great service to the rest of the community who has tennis elbow.