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Tuesday, Jan 10 2012
Pharmacare is a proposal for a national publicly funded and administered insurance plan for medications.
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Tuesday, Jul 12 2011
Canada is the third most expensive country in the world for brand-name drugs. Studies have shown that a National universal public Pharmacare plan would save billions of dollars for Canadians, improve health outcomes and reduce suffering. The Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions urges all candidates to support a comprehensive public national drug plan.
The Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions...
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Friday, May 14 2010
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Thursday, Nov 29 2007
Prescription drugs are the fastest rising costs of health care in Canada, threatening the sustainability of our public health care system and jeopardizing access to essential medicines for many Canadians. Nurses support calls for a national drug plan, or pharmacare program to ensure access, safety and cost controls. Nurses also support the existing ban on direct-to-consumer advertising of drugs.
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Sunday, Jan 7 2007
This article discusses CFNU's participation in a coalition granted intevenor status in CanWest Global's bid to overturn Ottawa's ban on direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA).
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Friday, May 26 2006
This report, prepared by the Canadian Health Coalition, makes a compelling case for why Canadians need a public national drug plan.
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Thursday, Aug 11 2005
This paper authored by Joel Lexchin, MD, was presented to Premiers at the August 2005 Council of the Federation meeting. In it, Lexchin argues that Pharmacare makes sense on three levels - equity, economic efficiency and improving prescribing - noting that political appears to be the only obstacle.
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Canada is one of the last remaining industrialized countries that does not provide publicly-funded prescription drug care for its citizens. Your union has been working with the Canadian Health Coalition to make public pharmacare a reality.
