Canada urged to introduce universal drug plan 0 SHARES Share it! Households would each save Can$350 per year, while businesses that provide drug coverage would save over Can$750 annually per employee, it said. It would, he added, “complete the unfinished business of universal health care” which was rolled out in 1968. Canada is the only country with universal health care that does not also provide universal coverage for prescription drugs. The advisory council found that one in five Canadians struggle to pay for their prescriptions.

Source: Manila Bulletin June 12, 2019 22:52 UTC