Reading Time: 3 minutes Any national pharmacare program would need an absolute firewall to protect it from the inevitable politics of drug coverage
Tag: Drugs
Quebec’s prescription drug plan no cure-all for rest of Canada
Reading Time: 3 minutes It won’t work for Canada because it no longer works for Quebec
Canada’s $500-million drug problem
Reading Time: 3 minutes Piecemeal drug insurance coverage costs cities – and taxpayers – plenty
No need for national drug plan in Canada
Reading Time: 3 minutes Focus should be on supporting individuals slipping through the cracks, not subsidizing those who don’t need it
Pharmacare is good for business
Reading Time: 4 minutes Businesses need help managing the complexity and high cost of drug benefits
National drug plan would reduce public, private spending
Reading Time: 3 minutes Any perceived barriers appear to be unjustified
Four ways to make pharmacare work for Canadians
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada only developed country with a universal healthcare system that does not include universal coverage of prescription drugs
Canadian employers waste $5B a year on inefficient drug coverage
Reading Time: 3 minutes Money would be better spent on increasing salaries and improving other benefits such as dental care
Health Canada breaks its own rules on pharmaceutical advertising
Reading Time: 4 minutes New study shows repeated infractions for wide range of drugs over a decade.