The wait for pharmacare has gone on long enough

We already have a timetable for pharmacare. What’s needed now from the Liberals is commitment.

The 2022 budget tabled by Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on April 7, barely mentioned pharmacare, prompting more than 1,000 experts in health care and public policy to sign a letter calling on the government to increase the pace and scope of its commitment to national pharmacare. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY JOEL LEXCHIN

May 11, 2022

When the NDP and the Liberals signed their confidence-and-supply agreement in March, one element that generated a lot of excitement was a pharmacare plan. This is something that has been promised for more than 5...

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