AN UNSTABLE SYSTEM

Government health care as it is currently structured in Canada is not financially sustainable, according to "Paying More, Getting Less," an annual report from the Fraser Institute. Fraser found that even in provinces benefiting from inflated energy costs such as resource rich Alberta, growth in health care spending still has out paced growth in GDP and total available provincial revenue.

An increase in demand for health services without an equivalent increase in the ability to pay will inevitably leads to government rationing, says Fraser.

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