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Re:Jump in cancer diagnoses at 65 implies patients wait for ... by refurb on Thursday April 01, 2021 @09:06AM (#26659972)
The federal transfer payments for healthcare are significant. I cant find exact numbers (no doubt they are out there), but I vaguely recall hearing it’s close to 50%.

But yes, each province developed their own program and the federal government agreed to throw in funds as long as certain requirements were met.

Not that different from federal highways funds in the US actually. That’s how the federal government maintains minimums for drinking age, DUIs, speed limits, etc.

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Re:Jump in cancer diagnoses at 65 implies patients wait for ... by bhupy on Thursday April 01, 2021 @09:10AM (#26660023)
As of 2020, Federal transfer payments for healthcare amount to 22%: https://www.cmaj.ca/content/192/45/E1408

That shouldn't come as a surprise considering that just under 80% of all government spending in Canada is driven by the Provinces, and healthcare spending is the single biggest line item for most countries: https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/docserver/reg_glance-2016-en.p... (Table 3.1: https://i.imgur.com/GDtBaVT.png)

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Re:Jump in cancer diagnoses at 65 implies patients wait for ... by refurb on Thursday April 01, 2021 @09:50AM (#26660498)
There you go. Didn’t know the share had dropped so much!
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