Really it's the no healthcare that is the issue. How can you tax your residents so much and not provide healthcare? My payroll tax rate in Canada is about 30% on ~$55K
There is "free" healthcare if you are unemployed and qualify for a medical card, tho if you open the newspapers any week you would hear all sorts of horror stories about our public hospitals. The public system is under immense stress after years of negligence and cuts so your experience of a public hospital might quite literally be your last.
If you are employed you have no choice but to pay for private insurance:
* Family with 2 kids ~ €2600 per year
* Singe person ~ €500-€1000 per year (dependant on age etc)
Tho the costs for health insurance are rising of course...
