@ISIDEWITHQuestionsHealthcare11yrs ago

Should prescription drugs be covered under Canada’s universal healthcare plan?

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Response rates from 7k Westmount - Ville-Marie voters.

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Yes
11%
No
76%
Yes
9%
No
4%
Yes, but only for low income families
1%
No, we cannot afford to add this at the moment
4%
Yes, but only when a high cost threshold is exceeded
2%
Yes, cover the overall prescription costs but have the patient pay the pharmacy dispensing costs

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 @9F7WQT3from Alberta  answered…2yrs2Y

were broke becaue of tredeau

 @B46NKYCfrom Saskatchewan  answered…3 days3D

Yes, but doctors are more strict when handing out prescriptions. So drug users aren't getting access to easy prescription drugs

 @B3W9T5Dfrom Ontario  answered…2wks2W

Yes, and enact a single drug insurer as a price negotiation body and launch a drug value assessment agency

 @9GPVK6Gfrom Ontario  answered…1yr1Y

yes only when it is a high cost, they require the prescription to maintain their health and they cannot afford it

 @9GNXXXTfrom British Columbia  answered…1yr1Y

Have a greater discussion with the provinces and territories to discuss how it should be rolled out, and build off of that.

 @9GLXDZLfrom Ontario  answered…1yr1Y

The prescription should be paid by the people who are being prescribed or have someone in need of a prescription.

 @9GHTBSSfrom Manitoba  answered…1yr1Y

Yes but No, people could also be drug addicts so I still think you should pay for your medication however if you are not eligible to afford it then it should be covered.

 @9G97MP9from Ontario  answered…1yr1Y

Ensure that patients will not become addicted, and also ensure that doctors or pharmacists are 100% certain that they are trying to help and not just make money.

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…8mos8MO

Biden retaliated against a Dem who called for him to step aside

Rep. Hillary Scholten, a first-term Democrat who flipped a traditionally Republican seat in 2022, was booted last week from from a coordinated effort between the the Biden campaign and the state party to elect candidates up and down the ticket, according to four people with knowledge of the situation, who were granted anonymity to speak candidly about private discussions.It happened soon after she called for Biden to step aside, those people said, which angered many Democrats behind the scenes. The Biden campaign was contacted by POLITICO Wednesday evening; Scholten was reinstated Thursday morning.“Rep. Scholten is welcome at the coordinated campaign and we look forward to campaigning with her this fall,” said Mia Ehrenberg, a spokesperson for the Biden campaign, when asked about Scholten’s removal from the coordinated campaign.The initial decision to remove Scholten from the joint effort — which would have essentially cut her off from the combined field effort between the presidential, Senate and House races — came from the Michigan state party, according to two people familiar with the discussions. If she had remained excluded from the coordinated effort, it could’ve meant that when Democratic organizers were campaigning in her district, they would tout Biden and the party’s Senate nominee — but not Scholten.The Michigan Democratic Party declined to comment. But two people familiar with discussions said Scholten had specifically infuriated state leaders when she spoke out against Biden — on the same day that the president was already visiting Michigan — without informing them of her plans, according to the two people.“This decision was made in Wilmington, full stop,” a Democratic operative who’s worked on competitive House races said. “Punishing her isn’t just petty and vindictive, it’s self-defeating.”An official for the Biden campaign denied that: “This did not come from Wilmington.”

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