You did not mention what your father's out of pocket expenses were. In the Canada example, out of pocket was $0.

Responding to below: Taxes are graduated so the largest increase in tax will be to the rich and uber rich, but to them it will be small pickings.

Earned income goes up. Capital gains as far as I know is max 15%. Other tax laws for the really, really rich might change this though.

I don't know, but it couldn't have been much since my dad makes less than $50k a year. In the Canadian example, you need to figure in taxes.

I don't think your father's income has anything to do with how much he would have had to pay out of pocket. And since I understand you object to the government running things, do you have philosophical objections to the USPS delivering your mail? Or receiving Social Security benefits when the time comes? (These are serious questions, I really would like to know)

My dad's income does have something to do with it because I didn't notice anything change for us financially despite all that he had to go through. Ergo, it couldn't have been that much. I know most doctors don't care how much you make when they bill you. Sorry that I wasn't clear.

I can object to things on a philosophical level and still use them. We become reliant on programs that should have never been created in the first place.

I may pay higher taxes, but I get a lot of "socialized" service. Seems like a decent tradeoff to me.