The Ontario NDP revealed how its pharmacare plan will work if it wins the next provincial election. .“Pharmacare is health care, and you shouldn’t have to rack up credit card charges to get the medicine you need,” said Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath in a Wednesday press release. .“With pharmacare, you’ll get the medicine you need with your OHIP card, not your credit card.”.The press release said the NDP’s pharmacare plan will help families save $350 per year. People who need take-home cancer drugs will save thousands of dollars per year, said the press release. .If elected, the NDP said it will make PrEP, birth control, and take-home cancer drugs free on Day 1. It said it will begin implementing Canada’s first provincial pharmacare plan soon after. .According to the press release, the NDP will start its pharmacare with universal drug coverage of 125 essential medicines, which represents about 80% of prescription drugs in Ontario. Coverage will expand to more drugs as time goes by. .Under the NDP’s plan, no person will pay for any deductible or premium for prescription drugs. The plan will be administered by the Ontario Public Drug Program Division of the Ontario Ministry of Health. .The press release said pharmacare will have a co-payment geared to income. It said the maximum co-payment people will have to pay is $6.11 per prescription. .An NDP government will allocate $475 million per year to support implementing pharmacare. .Queen’s University medicine professor Dick Zoutman said he supports the NDP’s pharmacare plan. .“Not being able to afford your medications and landing in hospital costs the healthcare system more than if a pharmacare program helped to pay for your medications in the first place,” said Zoutman. .“Too many Ontarians have trouble affording their essential prescription medications — this is simply not right.".Horwath said she is committed to leading Canada in creating a national pharmacare program by showing Ontario’s model as one the Council of the Federation can adopt nationwide. .“Together, we can make sure families can always get the prescriptions they need,” she said. .“We can make sure no one ever again in Ontario has to cut their grocery budget in order to afford their child’s medicine.”.The Ontario NDP released the total costing of its election platform on Sunday, which consists of billions of dollars more in spending. .“The NDP has an affordable, realistic plan to make life better for people,” said Horwath. .“Together, we can fix what matters most to people, like making life more affordable, and helping people get the healthcare and home care they need.” .The NDP will spend $13.6 billion in healthcare, home care, and long-term care from 2022–2025.
The Ontario NDP revealed how its pharmacare plan will work if it wins the next provincial election. .“Pharmacare is health care, and you shouldn’t have to rack up credit card charges to get the medicine you need,” said Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath in a Wednesday press release. .“With pharmacare, you’ll get the medicine you need with your OHIP card, not your credit card.”.The press release said the NDP’s pharmacare plan will help families save $350 per year. People who need take-home cancer drugs will save thousands of dollars per year, said the press release. .If elected, the NDP said it will make PrEP, birth control, and take-home cancer drugs free on Day 1. It said it will begin implementing Canada’s first provincial pharmacare plan soon after. .According to the press release, the NDP will start its pharmacare with universal drug coverage of 125 essential medicines, which represents about 80% of prescription drugs in Ontario. Coverage will expand to more drugs as time goes by. .Under the NDP’s plan, no person will pay for any deductible or premium for prescription drugs. The plan will be administered by the Ontario Public Drug Program Division of the Ontario Ministry of Health. .The press release said pharmacare will have a co-payment geared to income. It said the maximum co-payment people will have to pay is $6.11 per prescription. .An NDP government will allocate $475 million per year to support implementing pharmacare. .Queen’s University medicine professor Dick Zoutman said he supports the NDP’s pharmacare plan. .“Not being able to afford your medications and landing in hospital costs the healthcare system more than if a pharmacare program helped to pay for your medications in the first place,” said Zoutman. .“Too many Ontarians have trouble affording their essential prescription medications — this is simply not right.".Horwath said she is committed to leading Canada in creating a national pharmacare program by showing Ontario’s model as one the Council of the Federation can adopt nationwide. .“Together, we can make sure families can always get the prescriptions they need,” she said. .“We can make sure no one ever again in Ontario has to cut their grocery budget in order to afford their child’s medicine.”.The Ontario NDP released the total costing of its election platform on Sunday, which consists of billions of dollars more in spending. .“The NDP has an affordable, realistic plan to make life better for people,” said Horwath. .“Together, we can fix what matters most to people, like making life more affordable, and helping people get the healthcare and home care they need.” .The NDP will spend $13.6 billion in healthcare, home care, and long-term care from 2022–2025.
