US EditionFederal health minister non-committal on signing more pharmacare deals
- Federal Health Minister Marjorie Michel is not committing to sign pharmacare funding deals with all provinces and territories.
- Michel stated that this is a new government in a new context when asked about the progress of talks.
- The Canadian Health Coalition highlighted that $1.5 billion was set aside to fund the agreements in the last federal budget.
- The NDP accused the government of breaking a campaign promise regarding pharmacare agreements.
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Federal Minister of Health Marjorie Michel does not commit to signing funding agreements for the drug insurance plan with all provinces and territories.
·Montreal, Canada
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Federal health minister non-committal on signing more pharmacare deals
Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada
·Winnipeg, Canada
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OTTAWA—The federal Minister of Health, Marjorie Michel, does not commit to signing drug plan funding agreements with all provinces and territories. The first phase of the Drug Insurance Act, passed by Justin Trudeau's Liberals last fall, foresees that Ottawa will cover the cost of contraceptives and diabetes drugs for patients. The previous government had signed agreements with Prince Edward Island, British Columbia, Manitoba and the Yukon for t…
·Richelieu, Canada
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Total News Sources16
Leaning Left7Leaning Right0Center4Last UpdatedBias Distribution64% Left
Bias Distribution
- 64% of the sources lean Left
64% Left
L 64%
C 36%
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