Additional funds for the healthcare system in Canada the distributional and economic impact of alternative revenue raising schemes
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- ISBN: 9781927024263 (print)
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1 electronic text (iii, 61 p.) : ill., digital file. - Publisher: [Ottawa, Ont.] : Canadian Health Services Research Foundation, 2012
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General Note: | "February 2012". Issued as part of the desLibris documents collection. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 60-61). |
Formatted Contents Note: | Key messages -- Executive summary -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Health expenditures by sector -- 3. Approach and limitations -- 4. Revenue-raising schemes: 4.1. Federal personal income tax impact; 4.2. Consumption tax impact; 4.3. "Corrective" tax - Federal alcohol and tobacco duty and excise tax impact; 4.4. Payroll tax impact; 4.5. Corporate income tax; 4.6. Tax-deductible employer-sponsored private health insurance (PHI); 4.7. Medical savings accounts (MSAs); 4.8. Removal of tax expenditures -- 5. Comparing tax impacts: 5.1. Cross-impact tables: distributional effects-SPSD/M; 5.2. Cross-impact tables: economic impacts-TIM -- 6. Policy considerations: 6.1. Earmarking taxes; 6.2. Another role for the tax system in health; 6.3. Multiple tax strategy -- 7. Additional resources for the reader -- 8. Further research -- Appendix A. Glossary -- Appendix B. The Informetrica model (TIM) -- Appendix C. The Social Policy Simulation Database and Model (SPSD/M) -- Appendix D. A closer look at the simulations -- References -- Bibliography. |
System Details Note: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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