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A typical Canadian family of four will pay a staggering $12,935 for health care in 2018, a new Fraser Institute report suggests.

And our health-care system is far from being a free ride.

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The eye-opening data was released Tuesday by the Fraser Institute.

Among the findings:

— Most Canadians are unaware of how much the medical services they use cost because they never see a bill and may only pay a small public health insurance premium.

— Government revenues fund health care so it’s nearly impossible to determine how much of their taxes go towards medical care. The money comes from general government revenue.

— Using data culled from Statistics Canada and the Canadian Institute for Health Information, the study shows a family of four (two parents, two children) with a household income of $138,008 will pay a pocketbook painful $12,935 for public health care in 2018.

— When adjusted for inflation, that’s 68.5% increase since 1997, the first year estimates could be calculated.