At 07:21 PM 11/13/2003 -0800, Jim Brokaw wrote:
[snip]
>I think a lot of it is that Canada has a 'federalized' health care system,
>so the government is actively interested in the containing and reducing
>prices of the drugs consumed...
Actually, in Canada, health care is a provincial responsibility. The Feds got
involved just a few decades ago with so-called "dove-tail" legislation (the
Canada Health Act and various supporting Orders in Council) which essentially
bribes provinces with money to adopt a uniform set of standards across Canada.
And the drug insurance I mentioned in a previous post is private insurance --
the provinces don't generally insure citizens for the cost of prescription
drugs, except in special cases (physically or mentally handicapped, exceptional
needs for rare and expensive drugs [on a case-by-case basis, which always makes
for great stories of indignation on the part of the media], etc.).
Garth
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