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Blog
Ed Finn
| Medicare originated at the provincial, not federal level -- in Saskatchewan. So could the extension of public health care to include prescription drugs, and even dental and vision coverage. |
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Blog
Michael Butler
| Health Canada finally acknowledged what health economists, academics and activists had been saying for some time: drug costs will rise under pending trade deals like the TPP. |
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Blog
Michael Butler
| It came as a major disappointment this week that Canada's Health Minister, Jane Philpott, indicated pharmacare is not part of her mandate. |
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Blog
Stephen Kimber
| Since we've been talking about seniors' pharmacare, perhaps it's time to change the modifier and resume a longstanding conversation about universal pharmacare. |
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Blog
Brent Patterson
| It would appear that a Canada Health Accord is back on the table with incoming Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. But what will it look like under Canada's new prime minister? |
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Blog
Michael Butler
| For Canadians, the TPP is another poison pill trade deal that patients are being forced to swallow. |
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Columnists
Murray Dobbin
| The Harper government is more at odds with Canadians over public health care than they are on any other issue. And pharmacare demonstrates this in spades. |
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Blog
Brent Patterson
| While universal pharmacare makes sense, the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) does not. |
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Blog
Michael Butler
| Now more than ever we need to tell our provincial governments to say no to CETA and yes to Universal Pharmacare. |
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Blog
Adrienne Silnicki
| Senator Mike Duffy and Pamela Wallin made headlines these past two weeks asking the Prime Minister to keep them on the Senate so they could afford their prescription drugs. |
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Blog
Vanessa Brcic
| Given pharmaceutical industry bias that saturates our information sources, physicians and governments need organizations like the Therapeutics Initiative to make safe decisions about pharmaceuticals. |
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Blog
Adrienne Silnicki
| Canada is the only developed country that has a universal health-care system but doesn't cover prescription drugs. |
