Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Feb 2024
Drug insurance: a single payer pharmacare program would jeopardise coverage quality for 21 million Canadians
22 February 2024 - Imposing a single payer universal drug insurance plan on all Canadians would jeopardise coverage quality for at least 21.5 million among them, according to a study released by the Montreal Economic Institute this morning.
“All across the country, private drug insurance plans cover more treatments than governmental plans,” explains Emmanuelle B. Faubert, economist at the MEI and author of the study. “If the federal government follows the NDP’s suggestion, all Canadians with access to private insurance will have to content themselves with public insurance and its less generous coverage.”
