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How Canada's Pharmacare System Is Costing Us Billions

Steve Morgan | Posted 04.02.2013 | Canada
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Steve Morgan

Our fragmented system of prescription drug financing is the root cause of our troubles. Not recognizing that our pharmacare system (or lack thereof) is designed to fail is costing us billions of dollars every year while many Canadians go without access to the medicines they need.

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$324-Million Contract Not Working: A-G

CP | Camille Bains, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.30.2013 | Canada British Columbia
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VANCOUVER - The B.C. government's decision to outsource administration of the Medical Services Plan and PharmaCare to a U.S.-based company has failed ...

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Tories Want to Charge Designer Prices For Brand-Name Drugs

Martin Singh | Posted 08.19.2012 | Canada Politics
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Martin Singh

The action that is currently being considered by the Conservative government is to extend the patent protection on brand-name drugs. The fact that the government would impose higher costs on Canadians, particularly for something as essential as medication, would be nonsensical even if the cost of medication were affordable.

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Why Our Prescription Drugs Are Too Expensive and What We Can Do About It

Marc-Andre Gagnon | Posted 08.20.2011 | Canada
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Marc-Andre Gagnon

By eliminating the waste inherent in private insurance and by improving therapeutic choices, implementing universal Pharmacare could save Canadians billions of dollars a year.

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Canada Health Accord Renegotiation Means Canadians Should Stand on Guard

Maude Barlow | Posted 08.15.2011 | Canada
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Maude Barlow

Many worry that the Harper government will take this moment to fundamentally change the nature of health care delivery in Canada, giving more authority to the provinces but finding ways to download the fiscal responsibility at the same time.

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