{"id":175,"date":"2014-10-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qualicare.com\/toronto-on\/uncategorized\/pharmacare-a-national-prescription-drugs-strategy\/"},"modified":"2014-10-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-08T00:00:00","slug":"pharmacare-a-national-prescription-drugs-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qualicare.com\/toronto-on\/pharmacare-a-national-prescription-drugs-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Pharmacare – A National Prescription Drugs Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Posted by Steve Jones<\/p>\n

Wed, Oct 8, 2014<\/p>\n

Does Canada Need A Prescription Drug Strategy?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The word “Pharmacare” automatically sends the political right and left to their respective corners for a predictable battle of ideologies. Most people automatically assume that “Pharmacare” means a government run prescription insurance plan. Let’s just call it a “Prescription Drug Strategy” and start a dialogue with open minds about improving one aspect of our healthcare system.<\/p>\n

This Canadian Press article published by the CBC points out that a national policy could cover a wide variety of scenarios including bulk drug buying, tendering for generic drugs, collaboration between government and business insurance plans or collaboration between the provinces.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/new-brunswick\/pharmacare-national-prescription-drug-program-gains-support-1.2788351<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Prescription<\/p>\n

According to the Canadian Press and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development:<\/p>\n