Managing the Cost of Healthcare for an Aging Population: Prince Edward Island’s $13 Billion Healthcare Squeeze

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Page Title:Managing the Cost of Healthcare for an Aging Population: Prince Edward Island’s $13 Billion Healthcare Squeeze – C.D. Howe Institute
Article Title:Managing the Cost of Healthcare for an Aging Population: Prince Edward Island’s $13 Billion Healthcare Squeeze
URL:https://cdhowe.org/publication/managing-cost-healthcare-aging-population-prince-edward-islands-13-billion-healthcare-squeeze/
Published Date:January 9, 2015
Accessed Date:February 13, 2025

Prince Edward Island faces a $13 billion fiscal burden – the future tax bill for increased healthcare costs over the next half-century – and should prepare now for the coming demographic squeeze, says a report today from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Managing the Cost of Healthcare for an Aging Population: Prince Edward Island’s $13 Billion Healthcare Squeeze,” authors William B.P. Robson, Colin Busby and Aaron Jacobs find that demographically sensitive spending threatens large increases in the province’s tax burden over time.

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