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 was introduced more than 50 years ago.
In 2011, CMAJ asked “Can Canada get on with national pharmacare already?” The answer has remained no.
However, in the 2019 federal election campaign, there are reasons for unprecedented optimism that this answer could change soon — if the people of Canada care enough to ensure that the next government delivers on the long-delayed promise of universal access to essential medications.
