Expert Panel Recommends Canada Implement Single Payer Pharmacare Plan

Expert Panel Recommends Canada Implement Single Payer Pharmacare Plan
Dr. Eric Hoskins, Chair of the Advisory Council on the Implementation of National Pharmacare, speaks during a press conference at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa on June 12, 2019. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
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OTTAWA—An expert panel is calling for the federal government to work with the provinces and territories to create a single-payer national pharmacare plan to cover every Canadian.

Eric Hoskins, Ontario’s former health minister, released the findings in Ottawa, giving advice on how to address the country’s patchwork of private and public prescription-drug plans.