Health Costs For Seniors In Canada Rising Slowly: Points Way To Medicare Solvency

A study published in Archives of Internal Medicine finds that per capita Medicare spending on the elderly has grown nearly three times faster in the United States than in Canada since 1980. (Canada's program, which covers all Canadians, not just the elderly, is also called Medicare.) Cost grew more slowly in Canada despite a 1984 law banning co-payments and deductibles. In the first study of its kind, Dr. David U. Himmelstein and Dr... via Health News from Medical News Today Read More Here..