What the early pharmacare rollout is teaching us—and why governments must listen

Canada must move beyond assuming that a single-payer model alone can solve systemic gaps in access, and design a truly universal system that works alongside private plans.
Marjorie Michel
Health Minister Marjorie Michel. We must go back to square one and reset the model for national pharmacare, writes Shelita Dattani.

Pharmacare was supposed to improve access to medications. But in real time, the opposite is happening.

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