How is healthcare in Canada compared to the US?
"A 2007 review of all studies comparing health outcomes in Canada and the US in a Canadian peer-reviewed medical journal found that "health outcomes may be superior in patients cared for in Canada versus the United States, but differences are not consistent."[7] Life expectancy is longer in Canada, and its infant mortality rate is lower than that of the U.S., but there is debate about the underlying causes of these differences."
OHIP is paid for out Federal Transfer payments and Ontario taxes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario_Health_Insurance_Plan
There is an external health premium (aka a tax) that maxes at $900 annually. OHIP generally costs about 10cents of every tax dollar spent in Ontario http://news.ontario.ca/mohltc/en/2012/05/a-real-wage-freeze-...
But it is accounted for in existing personal and corporate taxes.
The out-of-pocket cost of health care is not something we Canadians frequently consider. The national cost of health care is something we debate endlessly.