Prescription drugs can be extremely costly especially for anyone without insurance coverage.
The Trudeau government intends to introduce a national pharmacare program.
More details were unveiled in this week’s federal budget.
Federal health minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor says the first step is the creation of a national drug agency.
She says the role of the agency will be to negotiate drug prices and to decide which medications would be included in the plan.
Critics have suggested a national drug plan would simply be too costly for the government to maintain.
The working group on pharmacare recently unveiled an interim report with a final draft due in late spring.
Further information on pharmacare can be found HERE
