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What to know about Canada’s new Pharmacare bill

Published 1 year, 10 months ago
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The Liberal-NDP supply-and-confidence deal has passed another test. The two parties managed to table a pharmacare bill before the March 1 deadline. But the compromise legislation is a limited program, supplying universal, single-payer coverage to only two classes of drugs.

Marieke Walsh, the Globe’s Senior Political Reporter, explains how the program will work and how much it will cost.

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