Sentences with phrase «national pharmacare program»

Improved health care: shorter wait times, national standards, and a national pharmacare program.

Ottawa, ON — March 20, 2018 Will a national pharmacare program make it easier or harder for rare disease patients to get the medicines they need?

Will a national pharmacare program make it easier or harder for rare disease patients to get the medicines they need?

Seniors» groups have been asking for a national pharmacare program to ensure cross-Canada price equity and availability, extended compassionate leave and a national caregivers program, as well as a national home care strategy to allow seniors to age with dignity in their homes.

To this end, the federal Standing Committee on Health was mandated to study the development of a national pharmacare program.

As the report hints, a national pharmacare program could be funded in part by employer and perhaps employee premiums to help offset the additional fiscal cost.

10:05 We speak with Linda Silas, President of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions, about how Canada could save billions with a national pharmacare program.

Canada is one of the only countries with a public health care system that does not have a national pharmacare program.

by Abigail Smith While common among member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Canada does not have a national pharmacare program, i.e. a single system of public insurance coverage for prescription drugs.