Health Ministers to Discuss Pharmacare Program at N.B. Meeting
Posted on: Tuesday, 4 July 2006, 15:00 CDT
FREDERICTON (CP) - Provincial and territorial ministers will review the latest progress report on establishing a national pharmacare program for Canada when they meet in Fredericton on Wednesday.
New Brunswick Health Minister Brad Green says the issue is of great importance to the provinces and territories where rising drug costs are putting growing pressure on health budgets.
The issue has been under study for at least two years, ever since the premiers tried to make former Prime Minister Paul Martin live up to his election promise to establish a national pharmacare program.
However, the federal government has been concerned about the huge, annual expense of a national program, which could cost as much as $13 billion, depending on benefits.
Green says the health ministers have been making good progress in discussing a national program, especially when it comes to covering catastrophic drug costs and expensive drugs for rare illnesses.
Source: Canadian Press
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