Is our healthcare spending out of control?
2026-06-24 from theglobeandmail.com
The cost of health care in Canada has been rising faster than inflation since the 1970s, even after we adjust for population growth. When health care spending continually outpaces GDP growth, it becomes a cause for alarm.
Health care spending has soared to 12.7 per cent of GDP today from 7 per cent in 1975
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