Health committee  Copayment has been tried in Canada with medicare before—in Manitoba, I think in the seventies—and it just changed the nature of who was actually accessing the system. Poor people used it less, and wealthy people used it more. The system still was used cumulatively.

Health committee  I think the work of this committee is historic. I hope you recognize that what you produce will be something that provides the foundation for what we do in the future, because there has not been, I don't believe, as in-depth a study as is possible. Now, whether you're able to p

Health committee  There's just one thing I would say to Ms. Harder. The provinces have actually asked for an intervention on pharmacare. They've asked for the federal government to be involved in this, if you go back to the last negotiations in 2004. The represents them, trying to coordinate witho

Health committee  There's also one aspect of this that goes even further and is even more damaging. We have benefits managers in corporations who are asking, “Why am I managing drug programs?” Part of the absurdity of the system we have right now is that a large chunk of it is managed by corporati

Health committee  I would just add—