Does Canada Need A National Drug System?
The Jill Bennett Show · CKNW / Curiouscast
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Show Notes
Canadians spend $28.5 billion per year spent on drugs and there are increasing calls for a national Pharmacare system to lower drug prices. But would it lower prices? Are drug prices even the issue, or is overall drug spending? Are pharmaceutical companies to blame or are there more factors at play?
Guest: Helen Stevenson, former Assistant Deputy Minister of Health and Executive Officer of Ontario Public Drug Programs, CEO of the Reformulary Group
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