Election 2019: unprecedented hope for universal pharmacare

Election 2015: new arguments for pharmacare.

©2015 8872147 Canada Inc. or its licensors CMAJ, November 17, 2015, 187(17) E483 After decades of debate without federal action, it appears the conversation about universal public drug coverage is changing. “The salience of this issue right now is arguably the highest it’s ever been,” says Steve Morgan, professor of health policy at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. “Twenty years...

Universal Pharmacare in Canada: A Prescription for Equity in Healthcare

Despite progressive universal drug coverage and pharmaceutical policies found in other countries, Canada remains the only developed nation with a publicly funded healthcare system that does not include universal coverage for prescription drugs. In the absence of a national pharmacare plan, a province may choose to cover a specific sub-population for certain drugs. Altho...

Canada can afford universal pharmacare – no more excuses.

Dobiesław Wróblewski Universal Election Algorithm

Universal Election Algorithm We consider undirected connected graphs as natural model for computer networks. For this model, the distributed election algorithm is presented, its correctness is proved and its complexity is discussed. Streszczenie: Uniwersalny algorytm elekcji W pracy rozpatrujemy nieskierowane grafy spójne, będące naturalnym modelem sieci komputerowych. W tym modelu prezentujemy...

National Pharmacare in Canada: Equality or Equity, Accessibility or Affordability; Comment on “Universal Pharmacare in Canada: A Prescription for Equity in Healthcare”

Canada’s federal government intends to take steps to implement national pharmacare so that all Canadians have prescription drug coverage they need at an affordable price. Relatively limited funds have so far been pledged to support national pharmacare, which raises the question: what kind of program is envisioned? Since the government has already introduced regulations intended to reduce new dr...