As health ministers gather tomorrow, we’re again hearing about rising and “unstainable” public health care costs. Nonsense. In fact, Canadians’ public health care spending is going down.
According to the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), in real terms “since 2011, health spending has decreased by an average of 0.6% per year.” That’s a 5% total decrease.
Source: http://www.torontosun.com/2016/10/14/tom-parkin-unsustainable-health-care-nonsense