Managing the Cost of Healthcare for an Aging Population: Alberta

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Page Title:Managing the Cost of Healthcare for an Aging Population: Alberta – C.D. Howe Institute
Article Title:Managing the Cost of Healthcare for an Aging Population: Alberta
URL:https://cdhowe.org/publication/managing-cost-healthcare-aging-population-alberta/
Published Date:January 23, 2013
Accessed Date:February 13, 2025

Albertans carry a $615 billion fiscal burden – the higher tax bill for increased healthcare costs over the next half-century – and should prepare now for the coming demographic squeeze, says a report released today from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Managing Healthcare for an Aging Population: How Alberta Can Confront its Coming Fiscal Challenge,” authors Colin Busby and William B.P. Robson recommend that Alberta  prefund selected healthcare services, and find cost savings and efficiencies by benchmarking against other provinces that get better bang for their bucks in some areas.

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