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Canadians pay more in out-of-pocket health care expenses: study (Google News)

6/25/2009 4:34:54 PM

Health-care expenses have increased at least sevenfold since 1981.

The Health Council of Canada is quoting a study by the Roy Romanow-led Institute of Well-Being that says Canadians paid $16.5 billion out of their own pockets for health care in 2007, up from $2.3 billion in 1981.

The council, created by first ministers to monitor and report on the progress of health-care renewal, says private, out-of-pocket health spending has almost doubled as a share of disposable income. The council says private health care represents a growing financial burden, especially for low-income Canadians.

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