health care spending

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Ontarians can expect to wait 15.6 weeks between referral from a general practitioner and treatment.

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In a recent speech, federal Health Minister Jane Philpott acknowledged that Canada’s health-care system is in desperate need of repair.


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The average unattached Canadian will pay about $4,257 this year, while an average family of four will pay $11,494.

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Other countries deliver high-performing universal health care at similar (or lower costs) than in Canada.

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High level of spending has not yielded high value in return—Canada has some of the longest wait times for treatment in the developed world.


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Since 1998, health-care spending in Alberta has increased by 317 per cent—faster than in any other province.

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Five provinces including Ontario will see health spending grow close to or exceed 50 per cent of program spending.