pharmacare
Noun
Meaning
pharmacare (uncountable)
(Canada, medicine) Public insurance covering all or some of the cost of pharmaceuticals.
Examples
The speech also promised an accelerated plan to national universal pharmacare.
But better pharmacare for all Canadians will be difficult to achieve without the federal government at the table.
The announcement comes a day after the government pledged in a throne speech to fund a series of new programs — including the expanded pharmacare plan — the details of which will be included in the provincial budget set to be tabled on March 28.
The Atlantic Provinces are taking a long look at pharmacare.
The leader said his party has also proposed a law to ban unions and corporations from donating to political parties, increasing the minimum wage and advocating for action on a national pharmacare strategy.
The only policy commitments that Singh really emphasized were the establishment of a national pharmacare program and supporting small businesses.