Corporate Health Care Cost in Canada and the U.S.: Does Canada’s Medicare System Make a Difference?
Does Canada’s predominantly publicly financed health care system constitute a competitive advantage for Canadian firms?
Members Briefing by
June Patricia Green
,
Judith MacBride-King
The Conference Board of Canada, 6 pages, March 1999
Document Highlights:
It has been argued that our health care system gives Canadian organizations a significant advantage over those located in the United States. Moreover, these benefits can in part be measured in terms of direct health benefit costs to employers, and cost savings related to the labour relations environment, including the resources (time, personnel and opportunity costs) devoted to bargaining health issues. Are these claims faulty?
To help inform this debate, this study examined the issue of corporate health care costs, Medicare and competitiveness.
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