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Pharmacare Update: Budget 2024

By Sarah Pennington, Kristin Wall & Paul Jorgensen on April 16, 2024

Canada’s federal 2024 budget has set aside $1.5 billion over five years to launch pharmacare, which will introduce national universal drug coverage to Canada.

Background

As we reported, on February 29, 2024, the federal government tabled Bill C-64…

National Pharmacare bill tabled

By Sarah Pennington, Kristin Wall & Paul Jorgensen on March 1, 2024

On February 29, 2024, the federal government tabled Bill C-64, An Act respecting pharmacare (the Pharmacare Act). The Pharmacare Act outlines the “foundational principles” for the first phase of a national universal drug coverage plan in Canada. The legislation…

National Pharmacare Update

By Sarah Pennington & Kristin Wall on October 4, 2020

On September 23, 2020, the government identified national pharmacare, a national program to fund prescription drugs in Canada, as a continued priority in the Speech from the Throne (the Speech) to open the Second Session of the 43rd Parliament…

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