National Pharmacare Program

• Trudeau pledges $6B to kickstart talks on health care, national pharmacare with provinces

  The Liberal leader said the negotiations would include talks on national pharmacare and improving access to a family doctor or primary-care team, as well as to mental-health services, home care and palliative care.

  Politics

  Sep 23, 2019
  
• Universal pharmacare would provide better health care but costs a concern: health committee

  Wednesday'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.

  Canada

  Apr 18, 2018
  
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• Watchdog says universal pharmacare would cost Ottawa $19B

  The Parliamentary Budget Officer is estimating that a national pharmacare program would cost the Canadian government a little over $19 billion per year, but overall savings on drug spending could be substantial.

  Canada

  Sep 28, 2017
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• Ontario government sees Canada-wide potential in new youth pharmacare plan

  Premier Kathleen Wynne calls the plan a step toward truly universal coverage.

  Canada

  Apr 28, 2017
• What you need to know about a universal prescription drug plan

  A panel recommends that essential, medically necessary drugs be free for all Canadians under the universal healthcare system. Here's what you need to know about national pharmacare.

  Canada

  Dec 6, 2016
• Panel calls on Ottawa to provide universal pharmacare plan for Canadians

  A group of Canadians charged with examining access to prescription drugs across the country is recommending that the federal government adopt a national, publicly funded pharmacare plan.

  Canada

  Dec 6, 2016
• Health ministers urging pharmacare program to pay for prescription drugs

  Several provincial and territorial health ministers hope to make their call for a national pharmacare program a key issue in this fall's federal election.

  Health

  Jun 8, 2015