opinion that people seriously ill from smoking should be required to pay for their own medical and hospital care.
My first thought was ....that should send a shiver up the spines of those making a lucrative living out of the health industry.
The next was ....how government pays the cost of medical and hospital care. Information is at our fingertips. It can be shared.
Tax revenue from Ontario Liquor Control Board amounted to $1.4 billion in 2013.
The figure does not include 8% share of the Harmonized Sales Tax . Nor 10% tax collected from restaurants and bars.
Tobacco sales produced $1,146.billion The funds all go to finance health services.
A cool $1.8 billion from Ontario Lottery and Gaming also went to support hospitals and other Ontario priorities.
It's entirely likely ne'er -do -wells who smoke and drink and don't deserve to receive medical and hospital care without paying for it, are the same who purchase lottery tickets and visit casinos.
They may be paying for their own medical and hospital care care and everyone else's as well.
It would be difficult to prove without knowing the costs of hospital and medical care.
But we have a sense of that as well. What with the various recent scandals connected with the industry.
In a recent year, a list of compensation for Ontario Hospital Presidents was forwarded in my direction. In Newmarket, the salary was $450,000. Expenses charged were in excess of $200,000.
By the time he retired his salary was $471,000 and expense allowance $37,000.
It would certainly be sufficient to cover the cost of more than a few muffins and coffees at the airport.
But who's counting?
Oh yes....millions are collected in annual fund-raisers in the name of family member victims of the various terrible diseases that still kill.
Who respects these volunteers with a regular update on the difference their heart- felt efforts have
made?
Who thinks of family members, when property purchaesd with public funds is leased to the private sector to make a killing when a seriously ill family member is occupying a hospital bed ?
The figure does not include 8% share of the Harmonized Sales Tax . Nor 10% tax collected from restaurants and bars.
Tobacco sales produced $1,146.billion The funds all go to finance health services.
A cool $1.8 billion from Ontario Lottery and Gaming also went to support hospitals and other Ontario priorities.
It's entirely likely ne'er -do -wells who smoke and drink and don't deserve to receive medical and hospital care without paying for it, are the same who purchase lottery tickets and visit casinos.
They may be paying for their own medical and hospital care care and everyone else's as well.
It would be difficult to prove without knowing the costs of hospital and medical care.
But we have a sense of that as well. What with the various recent scandals connected with the industry.
In a recent year, a list of compensation for Ontario Hospital Presidents was forwarded in my direction. In Newmarket, the salary was $450,000. Expenses charged were in excess of $200,000.
By the time he retired his salary was $471,000 and expense allowance $37,000.
It would certainly be sufficient to cover the cost of more than a few muffins and coffees at the airport.
But who's counting?
Oh yes....millions are collected in annual fund-raisers in the name of family member victims of the various terrible diseases that still kill.
Who respects these volunteers with a regular update on the difference their heart- felt efforts have
made?
Who thinks of family members, when property purchaesd with public funds is leased to the private sector to make a killing when a seriously ill family member is occupying a hospital bed ?
I read that comment & cringed. A brief flash of a bunch of people wearing labels was unavoidable. Later it occurred to me that the goof who wrote it might have wanted to take-it-back but the damage was done.
ReplyDeleteAll the costs of hospitalization make sense., I suppose, to those who deal with the bigger picture.
ReplyDeleteExcept for the bloody parking fees.
The defeated mayor of Brampton is apparently entitled to a departing severance of $375,000.
ReplyDeleteThese big salaries and severances only come from one source - the taxpayers.
What on earth could the CEO of Southlake do with $275,000 in expenses? Could this be an error?
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ReplyDeleteIf you read the small print, the Brampton mayor owes money.
Golf course is up for sale. I'm going to go have a walk on the property with a cigarette in hand.
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