National Pharmacare Plan

• Alberta intends to opt out of national pharmacare plan

  Alberta intends to opt out of the proposed national pharmacare plan.

  Canada

  Feb 25
  
• ‘It’s like a random lottery’: Questions remain about pharmacare promises

  An estimated one in five New Brunswickers is uninsured or underinsured, according to the provincial Department of Health.

  Politics

  Oct 3, 2019
  
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• Drug companies challenging Trudeau government policy aimed at lowering prices

  The filing ratchets up a confrontation between the pharmaceutical industry and the Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, which has vowed to make affordability a key plank of its election campaign.

  Canada

  Aug 23, 2019
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• Pharmacare plan relying on generic drugs could prompt reaction from big pharma: memo

  Pharmacare is shaping up as a key campaign issue in the October election, particularly for the Liberals.

  Canada

  Apr 14, 2019
• Federal NDP rolls out Pharmacare Plan nearly 6 months before expected federal election date

  Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has introduced his pharmacare plan, a signature part of his party's upcoming election platform.

  Health

  Apr 1, 2019
• Young Canadians feeling the pinch of sky-high prescription drug prices

  Rising drug prices, coupled with precarious work for young people, may be driving more Canadians to seek public assistance to afford their medication. 

  Canada

  Mar 26, 2018
• Health ministers looking at electronic database to fight opioid crisis

  Canada's health ministers are looking at ways of working together, including an electronic prescription database, to fight the growing crisis in opioid addictions.

  Canada

  Oct 19, 2017