Posted AT 4:06 AM EST on 21/08/08
Medicare not universal without coverage of prescriptions, new CMA head says
MONTREAL — Canada's medicare system cannot truly be considered universal until it starts providing access to prescription drugs regardless of a patient's ability to pay, the new president of the Canadian Medical Association says.
"If access to diagnosis is universal, why isn't access to drugs?" Robert Ouellet asked yesterday in his inaugural address.
"The current health system is universal only in half-measures.
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