Health care providers, advocates sound alarm over stalled action on pharmacare theglobeandmail.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theglobeandmail.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Published Tuesday, May 11, 2021 5:36AM EDT OTTAWA Doctors and nurses on the front lines of Canada s health system are sounding the alarm after the Liberal government appears to have put its promise of a national pharmacare program on the back burner. When the Trudeau government delivered its first federal budget in two years last month, it included more than $100 billion in new spending over the three years. But while there was one brief mention of pharmacare in the 739-page document, it only re-stated a commitment from the 2019 budget of $500 million for a national program for high-cost drugs for rare diseases.