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

William Robson, Colin Busby and Aaron Jacobs
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Colin Busby: C.D. Howe Institute
Aaron Jacobs: C.D. Howe Institute

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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.

Keywords: Social Policy; Health Policy; Healthcare; Seniors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H51 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-12
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