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Pharmacare – not all Canadians, not all drugs
20 May 2019 - The notion that national pharmacare will be a panacea with an open-ended formulary (list of drugs) ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 May 2019
Event billed as 'national pharmacare forum' dominated by groups opposed to universal drug plan
19 May 2019 - Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor gave opening keynote at event. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 May 2019
Cracks in the system: without a national Pharmacare strategy, who is left behind?
14 May 2019 - Lack of public or private insurance, incomplete drug coverage or just plain sky-high prices for drugs that ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 May 2019
Don’t buy pharma’s lies
14 May 2019 - As universal pharmacare gets closer to reality for Canada, drug companies are ramping up their false ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 May 2019
House Budget Committee announces hearing on single payer health care
10 May 2019 - The House Budget Committee on Friday announced that it will hold a hearing on single-payer health ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 May 2019
House Democrats pass bill to roll back Trump guidance related to Obamacare
9 May 2019 - The House passed a bill Thursday afternoon aimed at shoring up protections for those with pre-existing ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 May 2019
Does employment-based insurance make the US medical care system unfair and inefficient?
9 May 2019 - In the United States, the interests of high-income individuals dominate decisions about what medical care is ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 May 2019
Sitting in limbo — Obamacare under divided government
8 May 2019 - Even today, the Affordable Care Act remains in limbo. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 May 2019
Health funds want to raise a tax penalty to force you to buy their products
4 May 2019 - A $900 plus tax penalty to force the rich to buy private health insurance is now ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 May 2019
Private cover is the canary in the coal mine for whole health system
30 April 2019 - The Grattan Institute's Stephen Duckett argues that private health cover is in a "death spiral" of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 May 2019
Trump Administration files formal request to strike down all of Obamacare
1 May 2019 - The Trump administration formally declared its opposition to the entire Affordable Care Act on Wednesday, arguing ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 May 2019
Labor will not rule out scrapping $6 billion health insurance rebate
2 May 2019 - Labor health spokeswoman Catherine King has refused to rule out scrapping $6 billion-a-year worth of health ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Apr 2019
The obscure advisory committees at the heart of the U.S. drug pricing debate
30 April 2019 - Expectations were high last year for three new migraine drugs hitting the market from Amgen, Eli Lilly ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Apr 2019
More than 1 million Americans have lost health insurance since 2016
19 April 2019 - More than 1 million Americans have lost health insurance coverage since 2016, according to a new ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Apr 2019
Hospitals stand to lose billions under ‘Medicare for all’
21 April 2019 - For a patient’s knee replacement, Medicare will pay a hospital $17,000. The same hospital can get ...