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July 3, 2015

The Canada Health Transfer Disconnect: An Aging Population, Rising Health Care Costs and a Shrinking Federal Role in Funding

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In poll after poll, Canadians demonstrate that public health care is Canada’s number one priority. It is part of our identity as Canadians. But we risk losing this important element of our identity if we do not act now to address the erosion of federal funding.

CFNU’s expert paper, The Canada Health Transfer Disconnect: An Aging Population, Rising Health Care Costs and a Shrinking Federal Role in Funding, shows what the cuts to federal funding mean for our health care system in terms of real tangible losses: fewer home care visits, fewer primary care centres, fewer long-term care beds, and fewer nurses in our communities providing care.