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Ontario proposes changes to Ontario Drug Benefit markup claims
The changes will help support the ODB's sustainability and account for the fact that the use and number of high-cost drugs are growing, the government says.
Birth control, diabetes meds could be covered if Liberals clinch NDP pharmacare deal
Two sources with knowledge of the talks say if the parties reach a deal, they plan to begin by launching with a select few drug categories while they continue to formulate a more robust national drug plan.

Private healthcare in Canada is varied and growing: report

It’s ultimately up to the provinces to either constrain or enable its further expansion, according to an article published in C.D. Howe Institute Commentary.
Ontario doctors are ‘right to be upset’ about compensation: New OMA CEO

Kimberly Moran, the new CEO of the Ontario Medical Association, talks about her plans for how the association can help doctors in an interview with the Medical Post.
Federal government and Northwest Territories sign $36 million in healthcare deals

Lesa Semmler, the N.W.T. health and social services minister, says the deal was worked out in partnership with the territory’s Indigenous governments.
UPDATED: As pharmacare deadline looms, Singh mulls a future without NDP’s deal with Liberals

The NDP signed a political pact with the Liberals in 2022 to support the government on key votes in exchange for progress on shared priorities like pharmacare.
A Canadian on the pros and cons of practising in the U.S.

A Canadian doing her final-year of family medicine residency in the U.S., highlights concerns about the increasing dominance of mid-level practitioners in American healthcare.
B.C. and Ottawa announce $733M in federal health funding for province's seniors

The feds and the province say the funds will help expand home and community care, improve access to palliative and end-of-life services and improve the quality of long-term care.
Dispute among Alberta physicians now in second year, draws new counter-allegations

The dispute involving Dr. Daniel O’Connell of Edmonton began more than a year ago and led to the Opposition NDP calling for an independent investigation.
Thousands of doctors in England to strike again as health likely to become a key U.K. election issue

The British Medical Association said the government had ‘failed to meet the deadline to put an improved pay offer on the table.’

Ontario proposes changes to Ontario Drug Benefit markup claims

Birth control, diabetes meds could be covered if Liberals clinch NDP pharmacare deal

Private healthcare in Canada is varied and growing: report

Ontario doctors are ‘right to be upset’ about compensation: New OMA CEO

Federal government and Northwest Territories sign $36 million in healthcare deals

UPDATED: As pharmacare deadline looms, Singh mulls a future without NDP’s deal with Liberals

A Canadian on the pros and cons of practising in the U.S.

B.C. and Ottawa announce $733M in federal health funding for province's seniors

Dispute among Alberta physicians now in second year, draws new counter-allegations

Thousands of doctors in England to strike again as health likely to become a key U.K. election issue