jordan bateman, canadian taxpayers federation - visions for pharmacare

Pharmacare 2020Canadian Taxpayers Federation | February 27, 2013

About the CTFNot for profit advocacy organization,

eight offices across Canada

Accepts no government funding or grants

Funded by after-tax, free will donations from 21,000+ individual Canadians

Dedicated to three things: lower taxes, less waste, more government accountability

Big Government isn’t Working

Long Gun Registry

Original cost: $2 million

Actual cost: $1.2 billion

MP PensionsOriginal ratio: $5.80 to

$1Actual ratio: $23.30 to

$1

F-35 Fighter JetsOriginal cost: $9 billionActual cost: $45 billion

Private Drug Plans in Canada

60%

40%

Canadian Drug Coverage

Privately insuredOther

38%

47%

15%

Drug Expen-ditures

GovernmentPrivate InsurersOver the Counter

B.C. Medical Services Tax

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

$100

$110

$120

$130

$140

$150

$108 $114 $121 $128 $133 $139

Monthly MSP Tax

CPP & EI: Payroll Taxes

Employers: $3,650Employees $3,247

Fraser Institute Prescription

That governments create policies to encourage a competitive private-sector insurance market in which universal access to drug insurance is facilitated through means-tested subsidies.

The UninsuredProtect both taxpayers

and the vulnerable by offering subsidies

based on proven need.

Bigger is not always better

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