Universal healthcare is sometimes mistaken for free health care, because it is paid through taxes. Kind of a 2 layered process.
Below is a bit of deep dive into the nation with the highest healthcare spending in the entire developed world – Canada.
Research and insights from the awesome folks at Fraser Institute in Vancouver.
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In 2026, a Canadian family of four (with an average household income of $202,885) will pay an estimated $21,115 for health care, slightly less than 25 per cent of its total tax bill (which includes income taxes, sales taxes, property taxes, etc.) this year, and slightly more than 10 per cent of its household income.
Of course, our health-care dollars purchase important health-care services for Canadians—we do receive some value for the substantial money we spend. But it’s difficult to suggest Canadians get their money’s worth given the long waits for surgery and emergency treatment, limited access to family doctors, and dearth of advanced medical technologies that typify the Canadian health-care experience.
And despite all these shortcomings, we spend more on health care than almost any other country in the developed world with universal care.