As a first phase, Ottawa plans to negotiate bilateral agreements with provinces and territories for ‘universal, single-payer, first-dollar coverage’ for contraceptive and diabetes medications
Health Minister Mark Holland speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Sept. 24.Health Minister Mark Holland has written a Senate committee studying the pharmacare legislation to confirm that the government intends for the diabetes medications and contraceptives involved to be paid for and administered through a public plan.
Mr. Holland’s office did not provide additional comment or the motivation behind his letter when contacted on Monday. “No one will lose coverage for these classes of medications. This program will be delivered universally so that all residents will be covered by pharmacare.” The working arrangement afforded the Liberals the support they needed to stay in power in a minority Parliament. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, however, opted to walk away from the agreement inThe pharmacare bill was introduced in February. It passed in the House of Commons in June and is now being studied by senators at the committee.
“When you have this kind of clear statement from the Minister of what the intent is, I think it would be very difficult for anybody to turn back and say that the intent was something different,” she said. When asked about Mr. Holland’s letter, Prof. Herder, a professor in law and medicine, said it is heartening to see the government’s plan is to ensure that any pharmacare agreements set up with provinces and territories will be through a public drug plan, not public and private or a mix.
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