Ottawa--Canada can afford to extend Medicare to cover pharmaceuticals, and should do so by introducing a national program to cover drug costs, says the author of a new CCPA study.
Dr. Joel Lexchin maintains that such a program--Pharmacare--is both urgently needed and affordable. He dismisses the excuse given by politicians that its costs would be prohibitive.
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