Pharmacare is a proposed policy that would enable people to buy prescription drugs with their government-issued health card, instead of their credit card.
Currently, prescription drugs aren't covered under Canada's healthcare system, so we have an inefficient, american-style patchwork of private healthcare insurers, government programs, and greasy lobbyists.
The Liberals have promised pharmacare since 1997 but have dragged their feet on implementing it every time, and now they are being noncommittal on introducing legislation by the end of the year (which is required under the NDP-Liberal deal)
