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Medicare was never supposed to stop at doctors and hospitals; the original idea was to expand to pharmacare, dental care, and to continue to build on the core services. This election must take us forward toward national pharmacare. Canada cannot afford to remain the outlier on pharmacare in the world.
Ottawa (08 Sept. 2021) — The federal election has been called and voter's will be going to the polls on Sept. 20.
"While we may not have wanted this election now, we are here. And we need to take it seriously. There are huge stakes in electing a new government," said Larry Brown, President of the National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE).
To help guide people through the many issues being discussed, NUPGE has examined the top 4 parties' platforms and are providing summaries in the form of election guides. We will be launching them every day until election day.
The second in our series is Pharmacare.
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