Open AccessA Time for Change: The Argument for National Pharmacare
Author(s) -
Rahul Sharma
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
university of ottawa journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2292-6518
pISSN - 2292-650X
DOI - 10.18192/uojm.v11is1.5927
Subject(s) - milestone , argument (complex analysis) , plan (archaeology) , health care , public relations , medicine , political science , medical education , history , law , archaeology
Come this year I will be celebrating a milestone birthday, 25 years old. There are many significant milestones associated with that age; however, there is one milestone that I have been taking for granted… It is the age in which my parents’ employers drug plan will stop covering my medications. The realization that “free” medications were soon going to be a luxury of the past gave me a moment of pause, I asked myself, how does a country who prides itself on national healthcare still have people budgeting to buy life sustaining medications? The reality of that answer being the healthcare system we are so proud of is seemingly flawed.