jordan bateman, canadian taxpayers federation - visions for pharmacare
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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
Man, the Feds Messed This Up2030