notice: Canadian Health Coalition | Pharmacare 2013 Conference

Canadian Health Coalition | Pharmacare 2013 Conference

Pharmacare has many advantages. It would provide equal access to prescription drugs, replacing our uneven patchwork of provincial programs and private insurance at work. It would also control costs by allowing providers to negotiate good prices and reducing administrative costs. A national pharmacare program could improve drug safety and improve prescribing practices as well. Like so many other industrialized countries, Canada can afford a national drug plan. We already pay for our drugs — but pharmacare would let us do so more effectively, more economically and more fairly.