Case Study · Health & Healthcare
Economic Impact of Portable Health Benefits in Ontario
A 2023 Ontario policy study comparing more than 1,200 potential health-plan designs across businesses, government, households and industry sectors.
Study scope
1,200+ plan designs
Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development · 2023
What the Work Shows
CANCEA worked with the Portable Benefits Advisory Committee and Portable Benefits Secretariat to build an assessment tool capable of comparing more than 1,200 potential health-plan designs.
The analysis examined how alternative designs could affect businesses, government and households by industry sector, including costs and benefits, worker attraction and retention, and business competitiveness. Because the project compared a large design space rather than reporting a single public headline social-value estimate, this case focuses on the assessment framework and decision trade-offs.
Explore the methodology →Why It Matters
Benefit-plan design changes costs, coverage, labour-market incentives and competitiveness at the same time. Comparing many feasible designs in one model gives policy-makers a stronger basis for understanding those trade-offs before choosing a design.
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