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Health & Healthcare  /  Affordability

Prescription drugs & pharmacare platforms

Here's what the 2023 PEI election parties are promising.

PC

  • Provide insurance for health, dental, and medications for part-time, seasonal, contract, and gig workers

    "Create a Portable Health Benefits Program to provide health, dental, and medication insurance for workers who may not be employed full-time, year-round, or those facing barriers to insurance coverage like seasonal workers, contract employees, and gig economy workers." — peipc.ca, 2023-03-10

  • Reduce the co-pay for the generic drug programme to $5
  • Add more drugs to the formulary covered by the government

    "Continue to work with the federal government towards a PharmaCare program by adding more drugs to the formulary covered by the government" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Green

  • Review the provincial pharmacare programme

    "Review the provincial pharmacare program to make sure Islanders are not overburdened by drug costs and dispensing fees." — peigreens.ca, 2023-03-10

  • Increase funding on pharmacare by $18M

    "A Green government would make an immediate investment of $18 million into provincial pharmacare programs to improve access and eliminate unnecessary fees. This would help close the gap between the Prince Edward Island and Canadian average per capita expenditures on pharmacare. Included in this commitment is free access to contraceptive care." — peigreens.ca backgrounder, 2023-03-21

NDP

  • Work with the federal government to create a universal pharmacare programme

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