It Won't Be Easy: How to Make Universal Pharmacare Work in Canada
<span class="fontstyle0">One of the glaring gaps in Canada's universal healthcare system is the low level of public financing of prescription drugs - 42.7% of total spending in 2018. At the federal level there is renewed interest in moving towards universal coverage, supported b...
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Kerman University of Medical Sciences,
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| Summary: | <span class="fontstyle0">One of the glaring gaps in Canada's universal healthcare system is the low level of public financing of prescription drugs - 42.7% of total spending in 2018. At the federal level there is renewed interest in moving towards universal coverage, supported by a recently commissioned report on how to achieve it. It will take superb political navigation to extract Canadian pharmaceutical policy and practice from the grasp of interests that profit handsomely from the status quo. This perspective suggests the conditions under which a genuinely fair, effective, and efficient pharmacare plan can emerge.</span> |
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| Item Description: | 2322-5939 2322-5939 10.15171/ijhpm.2019.82 |