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This is the best summary I could come up with:
The Liberal government is expected to table its pharmacare legislation today — possibly the biggest expansion of publicly funded health care in Canada in decades.
Justice Emmett Hall’s report called for federal and provincial governments to work together to cover “the high cost of many of the new life-saving, life-sustaining and disease-preventing medicines” that Canadians were struggling to afford.
The most recent of those studies was the 2019 final report of the Advisory Council on the Implementation of National Pharmacare, a panel of experts struck by the Liberal government and chaired by Dr. Eric Hoskins, the former minister of health and long-term care for Ontario.
It also said that Canadians spend more per person per year on drugs than citizens of any other member country of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), apart from the United States and Switzerland.
Facing delays and setbacks, the Liberals and the NDP met in December and agreed to extend pharmacare negotiations between the parties into 2024, with a new goal of introducing legislation by March 1 — Friday.
Hoskins said buying medications in bulk with a single buyer doing the purchasing would lower costs, and with one in five Canadians unable to afford their prescriptions, it’s an equity issue Canada should address.
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I’ve only seen mention of contraceptives and diabetes meds. Will this bill also cover meds needed for non-lifestyle related needs? Mental illness, pain meds, antibiotics, etc.?
We will have to wait and see when the actual bill comes out today. So far only hints from Liberal and NDP leaders. Probably another article will go through them.
Diabetes meds are “lifestyle related”?
I mean there can be some diet related factors, but there are also genetic predispositions to diabetes that have nothing to do with lifestyle.
You’re right, it wasn’t intended as a blanket statement, since those with type 1 can’t prevent or control it without insulin.
The University of Alberta said that "People with Type 2 diabetes make up 90 per cent of all people living with the disease. And unlike Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 can be prevented. SOURCE
The CDC also said “Yes! You can prevent or delay type 2 diabetes with proven, achievable lifestyle changes—such as losing a small amount of weight and getting more physically active—even if you’re at high risk.” SOURCE
