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RSS FeedPosted 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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Jun 2019
Canada should have universal, single-payer public pharmacare, says advisory council
12 June 2019 - Canada should have a national pharmacare program that is universal, single payer and public, says an ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 May 2019
Liberals want to build their campaign around Pharmacare, but ignore where drugs would end up
23 May 2019 - Internal documents from within the Liberal Party recently showed that Ontario Liberal MPs want 2019’s election ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 May 2019
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 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 14 May 2019
Canadian health care stuck in the ’60s, expert says
14 May 2019 - When Patty De Guia lost her leg to cancer months after giving birth to her third ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Apr 2019
Big pharma might cut research, delay new drugs if Pharmacare means more generics
14 April 2019 - Pharmacare is shaping up as a key campaign issue in the October election, particularly for the Liberals. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Mar 2019
National pharmacare to make prescription drugs more accessible and affordable
28 March 2019 - Canadians pay too much for prescription drugs – and that means far too many go without ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Mar 2019
Canada to create national drug agency to help cut cost of medicines
20 March 2019 - Canada will create a national drug agency to help cut the cost of prescription medications as part ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Mar 2019
Trudeau Government signals it will soon announce Pharmacare plan
7 March 2019 - Morneau says drug program ‘unfinished business’ of health care. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Mar 2019
Canada should create new drug agency and list of medications available to everyone, council says
6 March 2019 - Canada should tiptoe in the direction of national pharmacare by creating a new drug agency and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Feb 2019
Details of Doug Ford government’s health care overhaul, including new super agency, coming Tuesday
26 February 2019 - The Ontario government will announce its long-rumoured overhaul of the province’s health care system on Tuesday, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Nov 2018
Lessons for Canada from pharmacare systems around the world
23 November 2018 - In its 2018 budget, the federal government created an advisory council on the implementation of national ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Aug 2018
B.C. to sue opioid makers for health care expenses of overdose crisis
29 August 2018 - The British Columbia Government will sue opioid manufacturers including Purdue Pharma in an effort to recoup ...