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The final communique from this week’s Council of the Federation talks makes a few things clear about how provinces and territories feel about pharmacare: they don’t all intend to participate in a federal drug plan, and those that do aren’t interested in sharing the cost of it.
Canada’s health ministers say they are moving closer to a national pharmacare program, but questions remain over who will pay for it and how broad it will be.
For health care watchers it was a roller-coaster week. On Tuesday it looked like Canada was poised to finally get a pharmacare program for prescription drugs.
Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau says a new national pharmacare program will be “fiscally responsible” and designed to fill in gaps, not provide prescription drugs for Canadians already covered by existing plans.
The federal government’s announcement in the budget of an advisory council on options to proceed with a national pharmacare program leaves many questions about how it could work. Here are some answers.
Ontario MPP Eric Hoskins has resigned as health minister to chair a federal government advisory council with a goal of creating a national pharmacare plan.
Establishing a universal program for prescription medications would amount to about $ 4.2 billion in savings annually in Canada, the Parliamentary Budget Officer says in a new report. CBC | Health News
Supporters of a national pharmacare program say Ontario’s plan to cover drug costs for young people has raised hopes that Ottawa will be pressured to adopt a national drug program — but one expert says he doesn’t think Ontario’s move is enough to get the federal government on board. CBC | Health News
