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Pharmacare claims for Ozempic have soared in Manitoba in last 4 years, provincial data shows
With generic versions of the weight-loss drug Ozempic expected to hit the Canadian market this year, provincial data shows the number of times the medication has been dispensed from pharmacies across Manitoba has more than quadrupled over the past four years.
#Pharmacare #Ozempic #Manitoba #generic
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/ozempic-claims-increase-9.7035623?cmp=rss

CBC Manitoba Jan 7

❄️SnowyIn🇨🇦❄️Dec 20

🇨🇦 💊 "Across Ontario, too many people are making impossible medical choices. Ontarians are splitting pills, skipping doses, or going without heat or food to afford life-saving medication. It is a quiet crisis that exposes a glaring gap in our universal health care system: prescription drugs are still not universally covered."
"We are calling on Premier Doug Ford and Minister of Health Sylvia Jones to sign a bilateral agreement with Ottawa and bring the benefits of pharmacare..."

#Ontario #Onpoli #DougFord
#Health #Pharmacare

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/the-evidence-is-clear-universal-pharmacare-saves-lives-ontario-needs-to-act/article_e8281307-fbd7-4f76-8c5f-03edf7a27e8a.html

The evidence is clear: universal pharmacare saves lives. Ontario needs to act

The promise of universal health care means that your health shouldn’t depend on your wallet. But currently, that promise falls flat in the time it takes to walk from a

Toronto Star

MarkG Dec 5

Don Davies lets us know that Liberals are bullshitting us on their commitment to pharmacare.

https://globalnews.ca/news/11556547/canada-pharmacare-future-ndp-carney/

#ndp #canpoli #cdnpoli #pharmacare

Liberals are being ‘dishonest’ about future of pharmacare, NDP says

NDP interim leader Don Davies said the government's response to a commissioned report on the program was 'shockingly dismissive,' and the health minister has not committed to act.

Global News

Joe Public Dec 2

🇨🇦 NDP leader says Liberals are being 'dishonest' about the future of pharmacare #pharmacare www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/ndp...

NDP leader says Liberals are b...

lemon Nov 21

#Pharmacare advisory committee report set to be made public
#Canada

https://ground.news/article/pharmacare-advisory-committee-report-set-to-be-made-public?utm_source=mobile-app&utm_medium=newsroom-share

Pharmacare advisory committee report set to be made public

The federal government is set to release a report today by the advisory committee tasked with determining how to set up a national pharmacare program. The committee was set up last fall, after the Pharmacare Act became law, and was given a year to report back to the health minister.

Ground News

Edwin G.

Nov 21

Health minister says no new deals on pharmacare with provinces in the works

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/pharmacare-future-carney-government-budget-provinces-territories-9.6985015
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La ministre de la Santé dit qu’aucune nouvelle entente sur l’assurance-médicaments n’est en cours avec les provinces

// Article en anglais //

#Canada #Health #Santé #Pharmacare #AssuranceMédicaments

Is pharmacare on ice? Health minister says no new deals with provinces in the works | CBC News

Canada’s public drug insurance program appears to be in limbo, with the Carney government failing to earmark any new money to expand coverage to the rest of the country.

CBC

Vickie Hinkley Oct 16

THIS. #HealthCare not #PHARMA-Care

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lemon Sep 18, 2025

Conservative Think tank calls on Ottawa to abandon single-payer pharmacare model

https://ground.news/article/think-tank-calls-on-ottawa-to-abandon-single-payer-pharmacare-model?utm_source=mobile-app&utm_medium=newsroom-share

Think tank calls on Ottawa to abandon single-payer pharmacare model

A think tank is urging the federal government to abandon plans for a single-payer pharmacare program in the face of tariff-related fiscal uncertainty. Rosalie Wyonch, associate director of research at the C.D. Howe Institute, says in a new report being released Thursday that the government should instead look to fill existing gaps in coverage. Ottawa should “aim at universal coverage for the entire population that is fiscally sustainable and leans into the advantages of our already mixed public-private system,” said Wyonch, the report’s author. She cited Quebec’s system, which has been operating for decades, as a model. That province has a public prescription drug insurance program that is mandatory for residents who do not have private insurance.

Ground News

Paula Kirman Sep 9, 2025

All Out for Pharmacare
September 9, 2025
Demanding the Liberal government keep its promise for a national, public prescription drug plan.
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#yeg #yegdt #canpoli #healthcare #pharmacare #photojournalism #liberals #politics #protest