Can New Brunswick afford a $715-million cut to medicare?
The Saint John Common Causes committee invited me to Saint John this week to offer a public talk on the current state of medicare and the 2014 Health Accord. I love being on the road because it offers...
View ArticleThe fight for pharmacare in Canada
Please support our coverage of democratic movements and become a supporting member of rabble.ca.Canada is the only developed country that has a universal health-care system but doesn't cover...
View ArticleB.C. doctors need unbiased info on prescription drugs
As a family physician, I need to be sure that each medication I prescribe has good evidence behind its use for my patient's diagnosis, concurrent medical conditions and demographic. This isn't as...
View ArticleDuffy and Wallin can keep their health benefits but what about everyone else?
Senator Mike Duffy and Pamela Wallin made headlines these past two weeks asking the Prime Minister to keep them on the Senate so they could afford their prescription drugs.It's not often that we hear...
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View ArticleTrade deal costs, pharmacare savings: Which did Harper choose?
Unfilled Prescriptions: The Drug Coverage Gap in Canada's Health Care System, a report by the Mowat Centre, says that universal pharmacare and other strategies could save Canada up to $14 billion a...
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The Conservatives won't deliver pharmacare. Is there a party that will?
Friday, August 7, 2015Like this article? rabble is reader-supported journalism. Chip in to keep stories like these coming. The Harper government is more at odds with Canadians over public health care...
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Is there a party that will deliver on pharmacare?
The Harper government is more at odds with Canadians over public health care than they are on any other issue. And pharmacare demonstrates this in spades.The Conservatives won't deliver pharmacare. Is...
View ArticleTrade deals a poison pill for Canadian national pharmacare
Trade deals a poison pill for Canadian national pharmacareTrade deals a poison pill for Canadian national pharmacare If there was ever a living, breathing argument for keeping the profit motive out of...
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What will Trudeau's promised Canada Health Accord look like?
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Let's talk about a national pharmacare program
Like this article? rabble is reader-supported journalism. Chip in to keep stories like these coming.Since we've been talking about seniors' pharmacare, perhaps it's time to change the modifier and...
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Liberals veto national pharmacare while more Canadians can't fill their...
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Trade deals are bad medicine: Drug prices will skyrocket in absence of...
Like this article? rabble is reader-supported journalism. Chip in to keep stories like these coming.In a recent House of Commons committee on health, Health Canada finally acknowledged what health...
View Article91% of Canadians want a national pharmacare program
91% of Canadians want a national pharmacare program Send a message to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and your premier now demanding that our governments protect Canada's most cherished social program...
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