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La contribution santé épargne-t-elle les pauvres du Québec?

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  • Dorothée Boccanfuso

    (Département d'économique, Université de Sherbrooke)

  • Marie-Eve Yergeau

    (GREDI, Université de Sherbrooke)

Abstract

En juillet 2010, une contribution santé forfaitaire a été mise en place afin de permettre au Gouvernement du Québec de recueillir des fonds supplémentaires devant être injectés dans le secteur de la santé. Étant donné les nombreuses réactions observées au sein de la population québécoise,dénonçant le fait que cette mesure contrevenait au respect de la Loi 112 visant à lutter contre la pauvreté et l’exclusion sociale, le gouvernement élu en 2012 a modifié cette contribution santé, la rendant plus progressive. Dans cet article, nous analysons et comparons l’impact de la contribution santé, dans ses deux formes, sur le bien-être des ménages québécois. Nous confirmons que la contribution santé de type forfaitaire augmente la pauvreté. Cet effet négatif se révèle être d’autant plus fort que les groupes sont initialement plus pauvres. Finalement, la contribution santé de 200$ vient accroitre comme nous nous y attendons de part sa nature, les inégalités intragroupes. Nous concluons aussi que la version révisée de la contribution santé est effectivement progressive, laissant l’incidence de la pauvreté inchangée et réduisant les inégalités. Seules la profondeur et la sévérité de la pauvreté sont négativement affectées. Toutefois, l’impact se révèle être marginal lorsque significatif. Ainsi, cette version révisée respecterait la Loi 112.

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  • Dorothée Boccanfuso & Marie-Eve Yergeau, 2013. "La contribution santé épargne-t-elle les pauvres du Québec?," Cahiers de recherche 13-06, Departement d'économique de l'École de gestion à l'Université de Sherbrooke.
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