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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
None of that is contrary what I said: Health care spending is increasing because demand and costs are increasing. So the next time someone comes out with the familiar refrain that we’ve been cutting health care funding in this country or province, you could chime in with those stats to disabuse them of that myth.
It’s also worth noting that most of those countries have older populations than Canada. And the European ones have higher tax rates than Canada - and higher taxes for everyone, not just higher for the wealthy.
The biggest barrier to Canada funding health care at European levels is an unwillingness of Canadians to be taxed at European levels.
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I don't know how common that refrain actually is...far more common to me seems to be
"throwing more money at it won't fix it".
Which is backed up by the notion that we are spending more than ever, which may or may not be true depending on how you factor inflation and/or population growth, but it definitely does not consider what healthcare actually looks like and how it is used compared to past decades (when medicine was pretty much just for old people are pregnant women)
The options are in fact:
- throw money at it
- reduce breadth and depth of service (which is effectively what we do with long wait times)