Pharmacare bill and Liberal messaging at odds, confusing stakeholders on vision for ‘single-payer’ system

The language in the pharmacare bill is ‘fatally flawed,’ according to pharmacare expert Dr. Steve Morgan.

Despite the pharmacare bill referencing only a ‘single-payer’ program, Health Minister Mark Holland says people with private insurance for contraceptives and diabetes-related pharmaceuticals can keep their plans following the implementation of national pharmacare. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY TESSIE SANCI

June 8, 2024

The Liberal government’s highly anticipated pharmacare bill promises a single-payer program, but what that means exactly is unclear as Health Minister Mark Holland continues to say publicly that people on private insurance plans can keep using those plans.

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