Fixing, Funding, and Reforming Health Services

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Page Title:Fixing, Funding, and Reforming Health Services – C.D. Howe Institute
Article Title:Fixing, Funding, and Reforming Health Services
URL:https://cdhowe.org/publication/fixing-funding-and-reforming-health-services/
Published Date:March 29, 2022
Accessed Date:February 8, 2025

​​​​​​Fixing, Funding, and Reforming Health Services

  • A serious conversation about fundamental changes required to tackle rising cost pressures in Canadian healthcare is long overdue. A new C.D. Howe Institute study demonstrates the importance of controlling Canada’s healthcare costs and improving its efficiency, unless we are prepared to fund the rapidly increasing cost burden. 
  • Without significant changes to the approach taken in healthcare, estimates of spending scenarios in the next 15 years peg the possible cost ballooning to $180.7 billion in excess of revenue growth. Even after the COVID-19 related budget impact, signs continue to point to an increase in cost – pharmacare and dental care are prime examples – which requires examining how it will be funded, and how it can be controlled.
  • “This approach has yet to be implemented in any serious way in this country,” says Sinclair. A fundamental shift in approach now may be the antidote needed to ease the healthcare cost squeeze in the future.

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