What needs to happen is that a national formulary needs to be developed, and that is definitely going to include the medications that Canadians need most. Then there needs to be a process by which other medications can be included or applied for. We know that the major lack in our health care system now is that it's not designed to deal with someone who has a chronic condition. Initially when medicare was created, people were dealing with more acute conditions. That's another reason pharmacare is so important, because more and more people are dealing with chronic conditions that require medication. Yet we don't have the medication coverage program in place to support those changes in health care needs across the country.
