{"id":4237,"date":"2020-03-06T04:42:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T11:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/?p=4237"},"modified":"2020-04-22T21:46:57","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T03:46:57","slug":"alberta-is-not-maintaining-healthcare-spending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2020\/03\/06\/alberta-is-not-maintaining-healthcare-spending\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberta is not maintaining healthcare spending"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you\u2019re on Twitter, you\u2019ve probably seen the following image by now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/ESJAMwtVAAAglqQ.jpeg?resize=580%2C326&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/ESJAMwtVAAAglqQ.jpeg?w=1201&amp;ssl=1 1201w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/ESJAMwtVAAAglqQ.jpeg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/ESJAMwtVAAAglqQ.jpeg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/ESJAMwtVAAAglqQ.jpeg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s an image shared by Tyler Shandro, Alberta\u2019s health minister, as you can see in this tweet below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Alberta is spending more than we ever have on health care.<br><br>And we\u2019re also making the system more efficient. It\u2019s not saving money, it\u2019s saving other people\u2019s care. We\u2019re spending those savings back into patient care and more surgeries. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qXofhp6sIw\">https:\/\/t.co\/qXofhp6sIw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4CZPAY2MW2\">pic.twitter.com\/4CZPAY2MW2<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Tyler Shandro \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@shandro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shandro\/status\/1234619840452628480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Shandro is trying to give the impression that Alberta is maintaining spending, which impression might assuage public fears that they\u2019re making spending cuts to healthcare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After all, $20.61 billion certainly seems bigger than $20.40 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s why this is misleading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s another image of the same data. I created it just for comparison\u2019s sake regarding some more graphs I created<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"389\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-04-at-08.48.19.png?resize=580%2C389&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-04-at-08.48.19.png?w=2360&amp;ssl=1 2360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-04-at-08.48.19.png?resize=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-04-at-08.48.19.png?resize=768%2C515&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-04-at-08.48.19.png?resize=1536%2C1031&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-04-at-08.48.19.png?resize=2048%2C1375&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-04-at-08.48.19.png?resize=1200%2C805&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-04-at-08.48.19.png?resize=1980%2C1329&amp;ssl=1 1980w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-04-at-08.48.19.png?resize=600%2C403&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-04-at-08.48.19.png?w=1740&amp;ssl=1 1740w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, this graph would normally be fine, except it fails to account for two things: population growth and inflation. If the population increases, then <a href=\"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2020\/02\/21\/alberta-spends-too-little-on-healthcare-salaries\/\">demand on services increases<\/a>, too. If inflation increases, then the cost of delivering services also increases (and not just in wages).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alberta\u2019s population in 2016 was 4,196,061. In 2019, it was 4,371,316. That means there are over 175,000 more people in the most recent budget year potentially needing health services than there were at the start of the first budget year of the above charts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A good way to measure spending based on population is to see how much we spent per capita.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-04-at-08.41.35-1.png?resize=580%2C388&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-04-at-08.41.35-1.png?w=2358&amp;ssl=1 2358w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-04-at-08.41.35-1.png?resize=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-04-at-08.41.35-1.png?resize=768%2C514&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-04-at-08.41.35-1.png?resize=1536%2C1028&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-04-at-08.41.35-1.png?resize=2048%2C1371&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-04-at-08.41.35-1.png?resize=1200%2C803&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-04-at-08.41.35-1.png?resize=1980%2C1325&amp;ssl=1 1980w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-04-at-08.41.35-1.png?resize=600%2C402&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-04-at-08.41.35-1.png?w=1740&amp;ssl=1 1740w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We can see that spending per capita was increasing for the second and third years in this chart. In the most recent budget year, however, per capita spending actually dropped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, health spending per capita increased during at least the last two years of the NDP administration and dropped during the first year of the UCP administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember, however, that population was only one of the factors we needed to consider. The other is inflation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s where the information is even more telling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following graph shows what per capita spending is based in 2016 dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-04-at-08.41.44.png?resize=580%2C388&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-04-at-08.41.44.png?w=2364&amp;ssl=1 2364w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-04-at-08.41.44.png?resize=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-04-at-08.41.44.png?resize=768%2C513&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-04-at-08.41.44.png?resize=1536%2C1027&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-04-at-08.41.44.png?resize=2048%2C1369&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-04-at-08.41.44.png?resize=1200%2C802&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-04-at-08.41.44.png?resize=1980%2C1323&amp;ssl=1 1980w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-04-at-08.41.44.png?resize=600%2C401&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-04-at-08.41.44.png?w=1740&amp;ssl=1 1740w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Alberta not only spent less per person in the most recent budget year, they spent even less when you account for inflation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Except this isn\u2019t even just a UCP issue. In an effort to reduce the deficit in an election year, the NDP spent less on healthcare services per capita in 2016 dollars than they did in not only 2017\u20132018, but even less than they did in 2016\u20132017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The UCP government spent $4,490.31 per capita in 2016 dollars on health care in the most recent budget year. They should have spent $4,797.00 per person in 2016 dollars. That $20.61 billion they spent should have been $20.969. That\u2019s almost $400 million more than they had budgeted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And that\u2019s for the most recent budget year. Clearly both population and inflation have increased since last year, so not only should spending be more than $20.61 billion in the current budget year, it should be more than $20.969 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the budget year right before the next provincial election should be $23.37 billion instead of $20.67 billion. In other words, in the year leading up to the health, the\u00a0UCP will be underspending on education by over $2.7 billion\u00a0in that year. If you add up the difference from each budget year, the\u00a0UCP will underspend by $6.083 billion during their entire term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"580\" height=\"327\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i5Lat92XVnA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The health minister is trying to suggest that Alberta is maintaining spending,  assuaging fears that 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