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December 3, 2014

Provinces with age-based drug coverage should switch to income-based plans to head off serious financial pressure over the next few decades, according to a new C.D. Howe Institute report. In “Should Public Drug Plans be Based on Age or Income?” authors Colin Busby and Jonathan Pedde find that age-based plans are ill-equipped to handle the coming surge of seniors in the population.

Colin Busby

Colin Busby is Director of Policy Engagement at the C.D. Howe Institute. He leads the Institute’s pension policy program as well as its Intelligence Memos.