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Originally Posted by opendoor
That's a fact basically everywhere. Modern healthcare is more expensive and a relatively older population is also more expensive to treat. But the lack of growth in funding relative to peer countries is pretty stark:
-In 1990 Canada was #2 on the OECD in total health spending as a % of GDP and now we're 10th.
-Also in 1990, Canada was #3 in the OECD in government health spending as a % of GDP and now we're 13th.
-Since the early '90s, Canada's government spending on healthcare (as a % of GDP) has increased by about 15-20%. That pales in comparison to countries like Japan (120%), Netherlands (85%), UK (85%), Australia (65%), Germany (60%), France (60%), New Zealand (60%), and Sweden (50%).
It's clear that peer countries are investing far more heavily in improving health care than Canada is, and it shows in the quality disparity.
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It's easy for people to point at Euro countries and try to say "see, privatization works" while ignoring that they also spend way more public money than us.
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