The new pharmacare bill, Bill C-64, aims to work towards the implementation of national universal pharmacare in Canada. It proposes universal, no-cost access to selected diabetes and contraception drugs and devices, along with other measures to expand access to healthcare.
For decades, pharmacare has been a day late and a dollar short. How much did Bill C-64 change that? Very few Canadians have no drug insurance, but a much larger number probably need more coverage. The lack of an integrated national drug system limits our ability to describe the unmet need, and this need is as important for that cohort as hospital and medical insurance is for everyone. The new pharmacare bill, released Feb.
The presumptive goal is to fund and implement the plan in one or more jurisdictions before the next federal election. Current polling suggests all bets are off after that. The bill commits the federal government to “maintaining long-term funding” but the word ‘adequate’ is missing, and no new money is expected until 2025-26. Health Minister Mark Holland has suggested initial annual costs of about $1.5-billion, but that depends on the scope and pace of those bilateral agreements.
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