Published Tuesday, May 11, 2021 5:36AM EDT OTTAWA Doctors and nurses on the front lines of Canada s health system are sounding the alarm after the Liberal government appears to have put its promise of a national pharmacare program on the back burner. When the Trudeau government delivered its first federal budget in two years last month, it included more than $100 billion in new spending over the three years. But while there was one brief mention of pharmacare in the 739-page document, it only re-stated a commitment from the 2019 budget of $500 million for a national program for high-cost drugs for rare diseases.
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Linda Silas has been the President of the 200,000-strong Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (CFNU) since 2003. As the dynamic and charismatic leader of Canada’s largest nurses’ organization, Linda is recognized as the foremost advocate on behalf of nurses in Canada.
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OTTAWA - Groups representing thousands of doctors and nurses are asking the federal Liberals to help Canada s strained health-care system in their upcoming budget, flagging concerns about lack of access to family doctors as well as chronic staff shortages.
OTTAWA - Groups representing thousands of doctors and nurses are asking the federal Liberals to help Canada s strained health-care system in their upcoming budget, flagging concerns about lack of access to family doctors as well as chronic staff shortages.
The Canadian Medical Association estimates about five million Canadians don t have a primary care physician, or family health-care team, which has spillover effects into other parts of the health-care system.
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