A national single-payer pharmacare program is unnecessary and will be costly for Canadian patients and taxpayers, a study says.
There have been lots of discussions over the years about healthcare pooling—most notably increases in the cost of pooling. And the volume of the dialogue has certainly increased recently as insurers struggle with the cost/risk associated with high-cost medications.
In 2014, only a quarter of the 141 new medicines approved by Health Canada were included in public drug plans, ranking Canada 17 out of 18 on this front. These are the findings of a new IMS Brogan report commissioned by Rx&D. Read: Quebec ranks highest among Canada’s public drug plans The 2015 Access to […]
New Brunswick plans to eliminate private sector obligations related to the Prescription and Catastrophic Drug Insurance Act, says a Towers Watson Client Advisory.
Provinces with age-based drug coverage should switch to income-based plans to head off serious financial pressure over the next few decades, says a C.D. Howe Institute report.
An Institute for Research on Public Policy study says discontinuing seniors’ drug benefits is a step in the wrong direction. Provinces should instead provide full and universal coverage of prescription drug costs for all and finance the new programs through personal income taxes.
Canada’s Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies expressed its support to the Government of Canada as it finalized the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement with the European Union.
To save workplace drug plans, Canada needs to change its drug pricing strategy.
The New Brunswick drug plan, which will help the province's residents avoid catastrophic drug costs and ensure that prescription drug insurance is available to everyone, was introduced in the legislative assembly.
Canadians access newly patented medicines later than other countries do—a situation that can be remedied if Canada accepts American and European Union drug approvals instead of waiting to duplicate them, according to a study by the Fraser Institute.