| Date Published: | 11/30/2009 3:00:00 AM |
| Author(s): | Brett J. Skinner Mark Rovere |
| Research Topic(s): | Health |
| As Congress and the White House edge toward a significantly greater government role in the provision of health care, this report spotlights some of the consequences of government control over health care in Canada. Among other negative effects, a government-run system leads to unsustainable growth in health spending, creating a “gap between health spending growth and revenue growth.” This inevitably leads to rising taxes. The result is that taxpayers pay increasingly more and receive increasingly less in return. As the authors conclude, “public health insurance, as it is currently structured in Canada, produces rates of growth in government health care spending that are not financially sustainable through public means alone. This is occurring while governments are restricting and reducing the range of benefits covered under publicly funded health insurance.” | |
| ISBN: | 1918-2090 |
| Type: | Studies & Reports |
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| Files: | Complete Publication |
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