A National Pharmacare Plan: Combining Efficiency and Equity
March 15, 2001 |
National Office
Ottawa--Canada can afford to extend Medicare to cover pharmaceuticals, and should do so by introducing a national program to cover drug costs, says the author of a new CCPA study.
Dr. Joel Lexchin maintains that such a program--Pharmacare--is both urgently needed and affordable. He dismisses the excuse given by politicians that its costs would be prohibitive.