People went without essential and life-saving treatments for a full year in a medical research study that was published this month. Because medicines are excluded from our public health-care system, some cannot afford medicines regardless of how hard they work. Multiple government and academic reports have recommended bringing medicines within our cherished publicly funded health-care system. Pharmacare — bringing medicines with our publicly funded health-care system — is being discussed on the campaign trail. Surveys indicate overwhelming support for putting medicines inside our cherished, albeit imperfect, publicly funded system.

Source: thestar October 18, 2019 20:15 UTC