Managing Healthcare for an Aging Population: How Manitoba Can Confront Its Healthcare Glacier

14 Pages Posted: 21 Dec 2014

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William B. P. Robson

C.D. Howe Institute

Colin Busby

C.D. Howe Institute

Aaron Jacobs

C.D. Howe Institute

Date Written: December 11, 2014

Abstract

Manitobans carry a $91 billion fiscal burden – the higher 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 Healthcare for an Aging Population: How Manitoba Can Confront Its Healthcare Glacier,” authors William B.P. Robson, Colin Busby and Aaron Jacobs recommend changes to protect young Manitobans from the burden they will otherwise bear as the tax base grows more slowly and healthcare costs rise.

Keywords: Social Policy, Health Policy, Healthcare, Seniors

JEL Classification: I18, H51

Suggested Citation

Robson, William B. P. and Busby, Colin and Jacobs, Aaron, Managing Healthcare for an Aging Population: How Manitoba Can Confront Its Healthcare Glacier (December 11, 2014). C.D. Howe Institute ebrief 193, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2540713 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2540713

William B. P. Robson

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Colin Busby (Contact Author)

C.D. Howe Institute ( email )

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Aaron Jacobs

C.D. Howe Institute

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Toronto, Ontario M5E 1J8
Canada

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