Waterloo Region Health Coalition

Drug Spending

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The health-care programs on the chopping block

A planned decrease in funding for provincial health care has advocates worried for the future of pharmacare, mental health by Meagan Gillmore May 25, 2026   Organizations across Canada are raising concerns about whether federal funding for health programs such as pharmacare, mental health and palliative care will continue. Recently, more than 60 organizations wrote federal Minister of...

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The case for Canadian pharmacare

Australia’s universal drug plan highlights the gaps — and costs — of Canada’s patchwork approach to drug coverage   by Alexandra Keeler April 10, 2026 Canadian Affairs   Canada is the only high-income country with universal health-care coverage that does not have a program for universal drug coverage. In Canada, drugs dispensed during a hospital stay are covered. But outside of...

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