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Managing the Costs of Healthcare for an Aging Population: How Alberta Can Confront its Fiscal Glacier

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  • William Robson

    (C.D. Howe Institute)

  • Colin Busby

    (C.D. Howe Institute)

  • Aaron Jacobs

    (C.D. Howe Institute)

Abstract

Albertans carry a $580 billion fiscal burden – the future tax bill for increased healthcare costs over the next half-century – and should prepare now for the coming demographic squeeze, says a report released today from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Managing the Costs of Healthcare for an Aging Population: How Alberta Can Confront its Fiscal Glacier,” authors William B.P. Robson, Colin Busby and Aaron Jacobs recommend changes to protect young Albertans from the burden they will otherwise bear as the tax base grows more slowly and healthcare costs rise.

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  • William Robson & Colin Busby & Aaron Jacobs, 2014. "Managing the Costs of Healthcare for an Aging Population: How Alberta Can Confront its Fiscal Glacier," e-briefs 196, C.D. Howe Institute.
    • Handle: RePEc:cdh:ebrief:196
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    Keywords

    Social Policy; Health Policy; Healthcare; Seniors;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • H51 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Health

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