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When will they ever learn? [healthcare costs]
Friday, October 15th, 2010
October 12, 2010
The OECD’s latest report on Canada’s economy emphasizes the challenge of rising healthcare costs… the Report’s solutions match neither its misdiagnosis as to the etiology of the healthcare cost crunch, nor a more accurate diagnosis – foregone tax revenues, the shift to chronic care from acute care, new technologies and failure to attend to the determinants of population health… the Canadian government had “extensive input” into the report. Perhaps we now know its position – make the sick pay.
Tags: budget, featured, Health, ideology, privatization, tax
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