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Voters beware: national pharmacare is unnecessary, bad for privately insured Canadians and costly for taxpayers
18 October 2019 - Research has shown it would be less disruptive and less expensive to just fill the gaps caused ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Oct 2019
Election 2019: unprecedented hope for universal pharmacare
15 October 2019 - Pharmacare continues to be the most salient unfinished business of Canada’s public health care system since Medicare ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Oct 2019
What you need to know about pharmacare this election
3 October 2019 - We’ve had reports, election promises, advisory councils and investigations over the years, all examining the question ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Sep 2019
9 in 10 Canadians want national pharmacare: Heart & Stroke poll
24 September 2019 - Canadians overwhelmingly support a national pharmacare program, according to a new poll commissioned by Heart & ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Sep 2019
Trudeau pledges $6 billion to kickstart talks on health care, national pharmacare with provinces
23 September 2019 - A re-elected Liberal government would introduce a national pharmacare program, Justin Trudeau promised Monday — though ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Sep 2019
Canadian Health Policy Institute reports national pharmacare is unnecessary, bad for privately insured Canadians and costly for taxpayers: evidence counters Hoskins report
24 September 2019 - Constructive public discussion about a national pharmacare program in Canada is hindered by a lack of balance ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Sep 2019
Canada's Trudeau promises national prescription drug plan if re-elected
23 September 2019 - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday that the Liberal Party would work with the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Sep 2019
National pharmacare cheaper than healing people who can't afford their drugs
17 September 2019 - A national pharmacare program could potentially reduce prescription drug spending by aggregating the buying power of all ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Sep 2019
Public plans covered only 26% of the 491 new drugs approved by Health Canada from 2009 to 2018; national pharmacare is an empty promise for 23.2 million Canadians now covered by private plans
11 September 2019 - Two new studies confirm the abysmal state of access to innovative medicines in Canada’s publicly funded drug ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Sep 2019
Manitoba Liberals promise to opt into national Pharmacare program
4 September 2019 - Liberals say Pallister won't sign onto such a program but Tories say they've been trying to get ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Jul 2019
Could Quebec’s public drug plan work for national pharmacare?
30 July 2019 - Quebec’s universal pharmacare program offers better drug coverage and quicker approval for new drugs coming to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Jul 2019
Canada’s labour leaders encourage premiers to embrace universal pharmacare
10 July 2019 - The presidents of federations of labour from across the country are in Saskatoon during the Council ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Jun 2019
Canada’s ‘Pharmacare’ idea will face the same obstacles as Obamacare
27 June 2019 - Canadians have long viewed their single payer health care system with a near-religious reverence, largely because ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Jun 2019
Pharmacare in Canada remains an idealistic pitch, without a realistic plan
26 June 2019 - We still haven't figured out how to make health care truly universal. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jun 2019
Canada already has a pharmacare system — and it's working
17 June 2019 - Why blow up a system that is mostly working and take on billions in new spending when ...