Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Dec 2019
B.C. wants federal health funding lift before national pharmacare program
3 December 2019 - B.C. wants more money from Ottawa for health care before a national pharmacare program is created, says Premier John Horgan.
Horgan echoed other provincial and territorial leaders at this week’s Council of the Federation meeting in Toronto by calling for a 5.2 per cent increase in the annual federal health transfer, instead of the planned three per cent, as a first step before the federal government proceeds with universal prescription drug coverage.
“We were welcoming a discussion about a national pharmacare plan, but those of us who really already have significant plans would prefer that we first and foremost get back to a more equitable distribution of resources to deliver health care broadly,” Horgan said Monday.
