OTTAWA — Health Minister Jean\u002DYves Duclos says the government’s plans for pharmacare are moving forward, but experts who study government drug plans suggest…
Duclos said in no uncertain terms that progress on the file will continue — but that progress is likely to be incremental.
The health minister’s office was consumed with the pandemic and the health-care crisis that followed, and the department has also been busy with another condition of the Liberals’ deal with the NDP: national dental insurance for uninsured low- and middle-income families. “There would probably have to be a new tranche of money, which I don’t see forthcoming anytime soon given that this deficit is a bit bigger than was anticipated,” Lewis said.Article content
Lewis said it’s difficult to know how much pharmacare would cost before knowing exactly how the government plans to do it. For example, the government could choose to tax employers who previously offered drug benefits to recoup some of the cost. Aside from the cost pressures, both Lewis and Gagnon said the government may be facing pushback from the pharmaceutical industry.
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