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Seniors’ Care Surge will require Smart Policies
Tuesday, April 9th, 2024
Among the key recommendations: (i) provinces should invest in public home and community care while also considering mechanisms to expand the private provision of these services; (ii) Ontario and other provinces should consider providing a refundable tax credit for senior renters to access retirement homes and supportive services and; (iii) current capacity and fiscal constraints mean that expanding both publicly and privately funded options will be necessary.
Tags: budget, disabilities, housing, Seniors, standard of living
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Shortcomings in Seniors’ Care: How Canada Compares to its Peers and the Paths to Improvement
Thursday, September 28th, 2023
Overall, Canada ranks 8th out of 11 countries included in the survey… While Canada generally performs well in the care process category, it performs poorly in terms of access to care and equity, with no provinces reaching the international average in either category. Addressing access challenges for seniors through improved continuity of care, affordability and reducing wait times would improve Canada’s rank.
Tags: disabilities, Health, mental Health, Seniors, standard of living
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Canada Underinvests In Community Care
Tuesday, May 24th, 2022
Canada’s per capita spending on homecare and other outpatient and day program services falls below the international average. In general, countries that direct higher proportions of health spending to seniors care than Canada also spend more per capita on home care, outpatient care and day programs for seniors.
Tags: disabilities, economy, ideology, Seniors, standard of living
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Myth Busting: Drug Spending, Prices and Pharmacare
Friday, December 6th, 2019
There are many individuals who lack sufficient coverage for prescription medications… But to address those gaps, it is important to understand the real challenges to achieving the goal: the fiscal pressure of high-cost treatments for relatively few beneficiaries and a lack of coverage for a minority of Canadians.
Tags: Health, ideology, participation, pharmaceutical, poverty, standard of living, tax
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Universal Pharmacare Within Reach: C.D. Howe Institute
Friday, June 7th, 2019
In “Filling the Gaps: A Prescription for Universal Pharmacare,” Policy Analyst Rosalie Wyonch finds there are ways to close the gaps in prescription drug coverage and protect households from excessive costs when in acute need through the expansion of public insurance… The report investigates current prescription drug insurance in Canadian provinces, evaluates options for achieving universal coverage and estimates their cost.
Tags: budget, featured, Health, ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health, pharmaceutical, standard of living
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The Fallacy of Federal Advantage in Delivering Pharmacare
Friday, May 17th, 2019
… the 2019 federal budget proposed the creation of a new Canadian Drug Agency to conduct health technology assessments, negotiate prices and listing terms… That is, the new agency could substantially lower the national drug budget even if the federal and provincial/territorial governments are not able to agree on a single-payer government plan… Prescription drugs are an increasingly large component of total healthcare costs, and should be integrated with other areas of health spending and policies to control it.
Tags: economy, featured, Health, ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health, participation, standard of living
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Don’t Make Pharmacare Completely Free
Friday, May 10th, 2019
Adjusting per-prescription charges is a logical way for provinces to respond to evidence of over-use and to fiscal pressures that might otherwise cause them to limit coverage in other ways, and in particular through rationing… Optimally, deductibles should be designed to put an income-dependent ceiling on out-of-pocket expenses depending on the individual’s state of health. These payments are not a bug in social insurance programs; they are a key feature that should be part of any universal pharmacare program.
Tags: Health, ideology, mental Health, pharmaceutical
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On Pharmacare, the Liberals offer big questions and small investments
Wednesday, March 20th, 2019
… If [the federal government] were to directly fund and manage drug coverage, there would be less integration in the management of overall health care costs and provinces would have less incentive for cost-effective choices between drugs and other inputs to health care… One hopes that the final report on the Implementation of National Pharmacare will… clarify the intended scope of public drug coverage and Ottawa’s intended role in a new national pharmacare system.
Tags: budget, Health, jurisdiction, mental Health, pharmaceutical
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Assessing The National Pharmacare Report
Tuesday, March 19th, 2019
The lack of clarity in the scope of a national formulary and associated listing requirements for public insurance also leaves the future role for private insurance companies largely undefined. If the formulary is comprehensive and the listing agreements binding, then there may be only a minor role for private drug insurance. If, however, the formulary covers only essential medicines and provinces retain autonomy in listing decisions, the role of private insurance would remain largely unchanged.
Tags: budget, featured, Health, ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health, pharmaceutical
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