Meaning of PharmaCare | Babel Free

Definitions

Public insurance covering all or some of the cost of pharmaceuticals.

Canada, uncountable

Examples

“As well, the pharmacare and general practitioner studies showed fairly similar distributions by age.”

“The Canada Health Act does not mandate provincial nonhospital (pharmacare) programs. Each province has the discretion to develop⟳ its own⟳ pharmacare, and so coverage varies widely, as does the approach⟳ to subsidizing and monitoring the delivery of pharmaceuticals for patiens in hospitals, long-term care, and home care.”

“But there are big things that remain⟳ to be explained, such as how much new funding the Liberals might be willing to provide⟳ to the provinces for health care — an issue⟳ that could involve⟳ specific commitments for pharmacare and long-term care.”

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