Pharmacare steps in budget ‘waste of money,’ ‘meaningless’ if they don’t cover all Canadians: academics

Observers are divided on the creation of a national drug agency, with some saying it’s a good first step, while the NDP critic says it’s ‘reorganization, not progress.’
The 2019 budget's funding to build a new Canadian Drug Agency represents 'concrete steps towards national pharmacare,' according to the office of Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor.
The Liberal plan outlined in this year's budget to launch a new drug agency amounts to another delay on pharmacare, according to NDP health critic Don Davies, while others say it represents a small first step forward. The budget...

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