First we need to have the hard conversation of how far to we extend human life and how much will we spend on standard of living.
The cost of health care is rising faster than inflation and population growth. This problem needs to be addressed before further expanding the government portion of healthcare.
In order for the cost to be a net benefit you some how need to recover the personal and corporate savings in the form of taxes to cover the costs of Pharmacare. This increase in taxation will be significant and unpopular despite the potential that it washes over the economy. It will also be seen as a disincentive to investment as corporate taxes will need to increase despite reducing employee costs. These are manageable issues but will slow down implementation.
I think as part of a massive overhaul of allowing more private services and private insurance and a discussion of what should a public health system cover that pharmacare would be part of the final program.
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