Paying for the Boomers: Long-Term Care and Intergenerational Equity

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Page Title:Paying for the Boomers: Long-Term Care and Intergenerational Equity – C.D. Howe Institute
Article Title:Paying for the Boomers: Long-Term Care and Intergenerational Equity
URL:https://cdhowe.org/publication/paying-boomers-long-term-care-and-intergenerational-equity/
Published Date:September 17, 2014
Accessed Date:February 19, 2025

Provincial governments should not expand public healthcare to cover the growing costs of long-term care (LTC), according to a new C.D. Howe Institute report. In “Paying for the Boomers: Long-Term Care and Intergenerational Equity,” authors Åke Blomqvist and Colin Busby say that such a move would put too much financial stress on future taxpayers.

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