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Canada is wasting billions of dollars a year on prescription drugs

By Redeye Collective
| January 16, 2017

Podcast




Artist: Redeye Collective
Title: Canada wasting billions of dollars a year on prescription drugs
Album: Redeye: Vancouver Cooperative Radio
Year: 2017
Genre: Public Affairs
Length: 0:12:24 minutes (11.37 MB)
Format: 44.1kHz, 128Kbps

Show Notes:

Image: Wikimedia Commons/Tom Varco

A national pharmacare program would save the health-care system billions and improve the health of the one in 10 Canadians who can't afford the medication they are prescribed. A new report commissioned by the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (CNFU) says we need to start planning for a national program now. Linda Silas is president of the CFNU. She speaks with Redeye host James Mainguy.

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Image: Wikimedia Commons/Tom Varco

Tags:
Economics health care drugs pharmacare pharmaceutical companies private insurance CFNU prescriptions

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