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EPISODE · Mar 4, 2024 · 22 MIN

What to know about Canada’s new Pharmacare bill

from The Decibel · host The Globe and Mail

The Liberal-NDP supply-and-confidence deal has passed another test. The two parties managed to table a pharmacare bill before the March 1 deadline. But the compromise legislation is a limited program, supplying universal, single-payer coverage to only two classes of drugs.Marieke Walsh, the Globe’s Senior Political Reporter, explains how the program will work and how much it will cost.Questions? Comments? Ideas? Email us at [email protected] Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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The Liberal-NDP supply-and-confidence deal has passed another test. The two parties managed to table a pharmacare bill before the March 1 deadline. But the compromise legislation is a limited program, supplying universal, single-payer coverage to only two classes of drugs. Marieke Walsh, the Globe’s Senior Political Reporter, explains how the program will work and how much it will cost.

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