Four in every five Canadians believe that the need for the health system, aging Baby Boomers will lead to reduced access and lower quality of care, a survey commissioned by the Canadian Medical Association reveals.
There are widespread fears - by nearly 75 percent - rising health care costs that will result in significant tax increases and the inability of seniors to afford health care as they age.
At the same time, research shows strong support for user fees and have a well-to-do Canadians pay more out-of-pocket in order to dilute the impact of caring for the growing population of seniors.
According to the survey, especially younger Canadians (those born after 1966) are willing to adapt to the pressures on the Medicare system of purchasing private health insurance provided to supplement the public welfare, using their retirement savings to pay for health care and going into debt to pay for the health of their parents and them.
"What we see in these survey results is a refreshing acknowledgment of reality," Anne Doig, President of CMA, said in an interview.
"Canadians do not give up on health, but they recognize that Medicare should be transformed to deal with current realities, demographic and otherwise," she said.
. Survey, which was released Monday in the CMA General Council meeting in Niagara Falls, ONT, nicely aligned with the report published earlier this month titled Health Transformation in Canada: Change that works, takes care of that.
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