Prescription Drug Costs

• As COVID-19 lingers, the need for national pharmacare progress is clear: experts

  Lung and cognitive therapies, inhalers and beta blockers are among some of the remedies prescribed to help treat the most common symptoms of long COVID.

  Canada

  Dec 23, 2022
  
• Health Canada says drug pricing changes will save Canadians billions

  The federal government says its new regulations will make patented medicines more affordable.

  Health

  Aug 9, 2019
  
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• Canada should have universal, single-payer public pharmacare, says advisory council

  Canada should have a comprehensive national pharmacare program for all, according to a federal advisory council.

  Canada

  Jun 12, 2019
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• Drug companies offered to freeze prices in order to avoid proposed government regulations

  Drug companies offered to forego revenue and freeze prices ahead of a planned crackdown on Canadian prescription drug prices, documents show.

  Health

  Feb 6, 2019
• Want to save money on prescriptions? Shop around

  Prescription dispensing fees vary depending on the business and are used to recover costs of other services provided by the pharmacist.

  Consumer

  Apr 6, 2018
• 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
• Canada will study national pharmacare. Here’s how other jurisdictions do it.

  Canada's government will look to other jurisdictions for ideas on a national pharmacare program. Here's how you get a prescription filled in some countries.

  Politics

  Feb 28, 2018
• Canadians taking prescription drugs cut groceries, heat spending: study

  Nearly one million Canadians opted for emptier grocery bags and colder homes in order to pay for prescription drugs in 2016.

  Canada

  Feb 13, 2018
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• U.S. states considering importing prescription drugs from Canada to lower costs

  Lawmakers in more than two-thirds of U.S. states are considering ways to reduce prescription drug costs, including importing them from Canada.

  Canada

  Feb 11, 2018
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• Reality Check: Should some prescription drugs become available over-the-counter?

  A new study says up to a billion dollars could be saved by making some common drugs available over-the-counter, instead of requiring a prescription. But experts say it's not worth the risk.

  Canada

  Mar 9, 2017