How we’re flipping the script on universal pharmacare, Canadian Perspectives, Autumn 2023

How we’re flipping the script on universal pharmacare, Canadian Perspectives, Autumn 2023 WRITTEN BY ROBIN TRESS HOW WE’RE FLIPPING THE SCRIPT ON UNIVERSAL PHARMACARE Whether people were learning about pharmacare for the first time or had been in the fight for pharmacare for years, everyone we met was excited about the possibility that universal coverage for essential medicines was on the horizon. [...] Later that week in Waterloo, we had brunch at the home of two of our dear Kitchener- Waterloo chapter members David and Mary, and we listened to our friend Marilyn Hay on the radio talking about the previous night’s town hall. [...] We sat on the patio possible to get in the foreseeable future? And of 2023—visit publicpharmacare.ca to see if of the diner, and our server asked where we it would save money across the board?” there is a town hall near you soon! were from and what we were all doing in town. [...] Vi Bui, our regional organizer for Ontario and Quebec, quickly ran to the car and got a few window signs and fliers for our new friend to put up in the diner, and our server took them gladly. [...] from talking to the people in attendance and hearing what they shared about the depth and breadth of the impact that high drug prices are having and discovering new ways to tweak and hone our strategy.