Universal Pharmacare
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Pharmacare bill unlikely to pass by end of year despite NDP agreement: GouldGovernment House leader Karina Gould said the Liberals and NDP are still hammering out the details of a bill and it's a "productive" conversation.PoliticsNov 28, 2023
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NDP pressures Liberals with its own pharmacare bill: ‘Push them to deliver’One condition of the parties' confidence-and-supply deal is for the Liberals to make progress on a universal pharmacare program by passing legislation before the end of this year.PoliticsJun 13, 2023
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As COVID-19 lingers, the need for national pharmacare progress is clear: expertsLung and cognitive therapies, inhalers and beta blockers are among some of the remedies prescribed to help treat the most common symptoms of long COVID.CanadaDec 23, 2022
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NDP looks to pursue universal pharmacare through private member’s billNDP House Leader Peter Julian is set to table a private member's bill at his first opportunity after Parliament resumes next week.CanadaJan 23, 2020
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Singh and Trudeau discuss NDP’s priorities in meeting ahead of throne speechSingh met with Trudeau in Ottawa today to try to leverage his party's position in a minority government.PoliticsNov 14, 2019
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NDP release more detail into universal pharmacare, dental coverageThe plan would be supplemented by a wealth tax – one per cent on taxpayers earning more than $20 million.PoliticsOct 4, 2019
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Pharmacare is just the sort of safety net Canadians expectIt makes zero sense to fund a health care system like Canada’s, yet deny a significant portion of the population access to drugs, Ryan Jespersen says.CommentaryOct 4, 2019
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National pharmacare debate alive and well in Canada. But will it happen?'This issue has been studied way more than it should have been .... This is where we need to go,' says political economist Marc-Andre Gagnon about universal pharmacare.PoliticsOct 3, 2019
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Pharmacare is a popular idea — so where do the parties stand?In election after election, there may be many water cooler issues, but none is ever more important than health care, Charles Adler says.CommentarySep 30, 2019
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Universal pharmacare would provide better health care but costs a concern: health committeeWednesday's report includes 18 recommendations the committee says could form a blueprint of sorts for a new single-payer, publicly funded prescription drug coverage program.CanadaApr 18, 2018
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