Demographer David Foot on Health Care for the Future

Demographer David Foot on Health Care for the Future
Journal #6

#1. What impact does David Foot believe the aging baby boom generation will have on health care in communities such as Toronto?

David Food believes that the aging baby boom generation will have an impact on the health care system, especially in communities such as Toronto. The boomers make up about a third of Toronto’s population, and they probably make up third of other major cities around the province. Since the baby boomer population is becoming older, and they are in great numbers, when they become sick they affect the health care system in great number, which becomes really expensive for the community. This is also causing the amount of health care to be increased, which is increasing the amount of tax. Since there is lower amount of health care right now, and it is hard to get, it increases the tax that the newer generation will have to pay, and it makes it harder on a community if a third of the population cant work or pay for their own medication.

#2. What solutions does he propose to deal with these issues?

David Foot proposes that the government starts to act to increase the amount of health care. However, the government prefers to ignore demographics, but if they keep delaying the importance of the health care system, by 2021 the aging boomers will be so large in numbers that the government will not be able to ignore it. The government will need to ‘reconstruct’ their systems, and they will have to do it with budgets.

#3. Do you agree with his predictions and solutions? Explain why or why not.

I agree with David Foot’s predictions and solutions. I think that the aging boomers will have he impact on the health care system, and since they have large numbers in every community, everyone will be affected. We will not be able to ignore the problem, and the only solution is for the government to increase the amount of health care, because the government should care for the people of the community, as the people support the government.