Seniors splitting pills.
People with diabetes rationing insulin.
Cancer patients crowdfunding for treatments.
One in five (22%) Canadians cannot afford their life-saving medicines. Corporate greed has left too many struggling with sky-high drug prices and inadequate coverage.
We can change this. Implementing the public, universal drug plan can guarantee access to medicines for all.
The Pharmacare Act (Bill C-64) has been adopted, which means Canadians will soon be able to get their medications with a health card rather than a credit card – starting with diabetes drugs and contraceptives.
The Conservatives, under Pierre Poilievre, are vocal opponents of pharmacare, echoing corporate talking points in Parliament. We must make it impossible for them to dismantle the program if elected.
Now that the Pharmacare Act has passed, the federal government is negotiating funding deals with the provinces to roll out universal drug coverage across Canada.
But Big Pharma and insurance companies are lobbying premiers to block pharmacare, fearful that a public drug plan will mean lower drug prices and less profits for them.
Write to your Premier to support pharmacare now!
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