Health committee  It was the plan back in the 1960s that pharmacare would be included. Unfortunately, we froze in time in 1966, pretty much when we merged the Hospital Insurance and Diagnostic Services Act and the Medical Care Act. The problem for the provinces is that they're paying up to 50% o

Health committee  [Inaudible—Editor]

Health committee  I'm sure that the variety of witnesses you've heard have been bringing various pieces of evidence to you that will need to be synthesized. I have no doubt that the results you will see are that there are significant problems of access for Canadians to essential medications across

Health committee  There are not really any differences in how private health insurance markets work. I think any scholar in health policy would tell you that those are how health insurance markets work unless government forces them not to. Unless government regulates private health insurers and

Health committee  Can I answer as well?

Health committee  I think the Supreme Court has ruled on several occasions and in recent times that conditionality in transfers between the federal and provincial governments is acceptable. It is, as I said, quite feasible to include community-based pharmaceuticals inside the Canada Health Act and

Health committee  It was that 1,000 people a year in Ontario under the age of 65 who are diabetic die.

Health committee  Good morning, everybody. I'm the director of the University of Ottawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics. I want to thank you for listening to me today. I want to thank you for the work that you're doing here today and for your service generally. My brother-in-law in New