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An analysis of 20 years of health funding data shows that federal transfers have mostly outpaced increases to provincial health budgets.An analysis of 20 years of health funding data shows that federal transfers have mostly outpaced increases to provincial health budgets.
Two years ago, a shortage of health workers led to emergency room closures and extreme backlogs for services across the country and premiers demanded the federal government pay a greater share of the health spending bill.The provincial government tabled its 2024 budget on Tuesday, with base spending on health care increasing below the inflation rate. Ontario NDP leader Marit Stiles said that’s "deeply concerning" amid emergency room closures and a family doctor shortage.
In 2005-06, federal health transfers grew 39 per cent in one year while provincial health spending grew by six per cent.Federal health-care spending was far higher during the COVID-19 pandemic because of specific transfers. Those extra funds stopped flowing in 2022-23, by which time the federal share of total provincial spending had grown just slightly to 21.2 per cent.
"Now what we need to do is to begin to transform how our system functions. We need to move from a crisis-based system where we wait until people are really sick and then we deal with it, to being upstream and avoiding illness and being engaged in prevention." In February 2023, about 10 days after Trudeau tabled the latest health funding offer, the premiers issued a joint statement to reluctantly accept it.
"They have certain expectations on the quality and quantity of health care they receive, however, they cannot hold either level of government accountable, because there's no clear division of responsibility," said Mou, who studies health funding and politics. Territories were not included because health spending records couldn't be verified in some cases. The territories also receive additional support from the federal government to fund necessary travel and accommodations for some patients that can't be treated near their homes.
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