pharmacare

English

Noun

pharmacare (uncountable)

1. (Canada, medicine) Public insurance covering all or some of the cost of pharmaceuticals.
   • 1993, Philippe Cappeliez, Depression and the Social Environment: Research and Intervention with Neglected Populations:

     As well, the pharmacare and general practitioner studies showed fairly similar distributions by age.

   • 2013, Louise Potvin, Shaping Academia for the Public Good: Critical Reflections on the CHSRF/CIHR Chair Program:

     The Canada Health Act does not mandate provincial nonhospital (pharmacare) programs. Each province has the discretion to develop its own pharmacare, and so coverage varies widely, as does the approach to subsidizing and monitoring the delivery of pharmaceuticals for patiens in hospitals, long-term care, and home care.

   • 2020 December 1, Aaron Wherry, “On the edge of a bleak pandemic winter, Freeland offers a vague plan for recovery”, in CBC‎^[1]:

     But there are big things that remain to be explained, such as how much new funding the Liberals might be willing to provide to the provinces for health care — an issue that could involve specific commitments for pharmacare and long-term care.