‘A lot of outstanding detail’ on pharmacare leaves program’s future riding on talks with provinces

A patchwork of incomplete or dissimilar deals across the country could make the program ‘very vulnerable to just being killed by a government that wasn't in favour of it,’ says access-to-medicines expert Michael Law.
Mark Holland
Health Minister Mark Holland announced the Liberals and NDP have reached an agreement on pharmacare legislation at Ottawa’s Centretown Community Health Centre on Feb. 29, 2024.

Compromises made by both the Liberals and the NDP to achieve a pharmacare deal that's light on details point to the relative weaknesses of both parties at this time, rather than either one having secured their preferred outcome in negotiations, says pollster Darrell Bricker....

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