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| EST. READ TIME 1 MIN.Paying More, Getting Less Measuring the Sustainability of Government Health Spending in Canada 2009 Report
This report studies the financial sustainability of health spending by provincial governments in Canada. This report uses an empirical trend analysis to estimate long-term future sustainability. The trend is derived from the average annual growth rates for total provincial government health expenditures and total available provincial government revenue from all sources over the most recent 10-year period. Government spending on health care is considered to be financially unsustainable when it grows faster (on average) than revenue over the trend period.
This report also examines the long-term feasibility of the attempts of provincial governments to deal with the unsustainable growth in health spending through increased taxation and centrally planned rationing. Our analysis partially exposes the degree to which Canadians are paying more for government health insurance while getting less in return.
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Brett J. Skinner
Brett J. Skinner Dr. Brett J. Skinner was the Fraser Institutes Director of Health Policy Research (2004 to 2012) andwas also the Institutes President and CEO (2010 and 2012). Dr. Skinner has a B.A. from the University of Windsor, an M.A. through joint studies between the University of Windsor and Wayne State University in Detroit (Michigan), and a Ph.D. from the University of Western Ontario, where he has lectured in both the Faculty of Health Sciences and the Department of Political Science. Dr. Skinner has authored or co-authored approximately 50 major original pieces of applied economics and public policy research. In 2003 he was a co-winner of the Atlas Economic Research Foundations Sir Antony Fisher Memorial Award for innovative projects in public policy. Dr. Skinners book, Canadian Health Policy Failures: Whats wrong? Who gets hurt? Why nothing changes, was a finalist for Atlas 2009 Fisher book prize. His research has been published through several think-tanks including the Fraser Institute (Vancouver), the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (Halifax), the Pacific Research Institute (San Francisco), the American Enterprise Institute (Washington, D.C.) and the Israel National Institute for Health Policy Research (Israel). His work has also been published in several academic journals including Economic Affairs, Pharmacoeconomics and Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. Dr. Skinner appears and is cited frequently as an expert in the Canadian, American, and global media. He has presented his research at conferences and events around the world, including testifying before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health in Ottawa, and briefing bi-partisan Congressional policy staff at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.… Read more -
Mark Rovere