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Canada Needs Universal, Single-Payer, Public Prescription Drug Coverage
Every year, nearly three million Canadians say they cannot afford to fill one or more of their prescriptions. -
Health Care For All: What Does That Mean?
Politicians are throwing around a lot of terms when they talk about their health care plans: universal care, “Medicare for All,” “Medicare Buy-In.” KHN helps explain what they are talking about.Comments
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How National Pharmacare Could Change What Canadians Spend on Prescriptions
About 20 per cent of Canadians, or more than 7.5 million people, are estimated to be either uninsured or underinsured for prescription drug costs.Comments
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Canada has Pushed for Universal Pharmacare Before, so Why Hasn't it Stuck?
A national pharmacare plan has been talked about and even promised by some Canadian political parties for decades now. But to date, nothing has been put in place. The reason? It's complicated.Comments
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Pharmacare panel recommends $15B universal drug program
An advisory council appointed by the Liberal government is recommending the establishment of a universal, single-payer public pharmacare system. When fully implemented, the total cost of the proposed plan would be $15 billion a year.Comments
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Nancy Pelosi Caught Sabotaging Medicare For All
Nancy Pelosi has no intention of passing Medicare For All for the American people.Comments
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American Woman's Medication Costs 10% of US Price in Spain
This woman got her medication in Spain for just 10% of its cost in the U.S. It's time we pass meaningful legislation to stop letting pharma rip us off. -
The Fallacy of Single-Payer Health Care
The debate over single-payer health care - a system in which the federal government would assume all health-care costs currently borne by private insurers, employers, and individuals. -
What Good is National Pharmacare?
Why National Pharmacare is bad for patients because it will reduce access to medicines for people with private drug plans without improving access for people with public drug plans. -
Who Needs National Pharmacare?
Why National Pharmacare is not needed because all Canadians are already covered under existing private and public drug plans. -
What Kind of Savings are Possible?
Lowering Pharmaceutical costs under U.S. single-payer financing. -
Cancer Drug Price Raised 1400%
The cost of a vital cancer drug has gone up 15-fold in four years after its new owner hiked prices on nine separate occasions.Comments
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The Health System of Taiwan
Taiwan made the transition to a single payer system kind of suddenly, and pretty recently.Comments
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Baby Too Expensive To Keep Alive
THIS is why we need Medicare-For-All!Comments
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The Economic Cost of Health Care
The cost of health care reform and prescription drug prices.Comments
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