In Alberta, just about everyone under 65 can enroll in the province’s plan.
prescription drug insurance
Juillet 31, 2019
12:40PM
Mars 14, 2018
1:57PM
Provinces already employ various programs to assist vulnerable populations with medication costs.
Octobre 21, 2002
2:00AM
The existence of independent provincial Pharmacare programs and private insurance for prescription drugs is considered by some to be a blot on Canadian medicare. They want these options abolished in favour of National Pharmacare.
Health care costs are rising, and prescription drugs are taking up a larger share of those costs, but the change is a lot less dramatic than people think. Prescription drug costs were 8 percent of total health costs in 1991, and 12 percent in 2001, an average increase of less than half a percentage point a year.