{"id":74865,"date":"2021-12-08T09:00:10","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T14:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cachc.ca\/74865\/"},"modified":"2021-12-08T11:19:53","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T16:19:53","slug":"cachc-and-national-partners-urge-federal-government-to-include-pharmacare-in-economic-and-fiscal-update-and-2022-federal-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cachc.ca\/fr\/cachc-and-national-partners-urge-federal-government-to-include-pharmacare-in-economic-and-fiscal-update-and-2022-federal-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"CACHC and national partners urge federal government to include Pharmacare in Economic and Fiscal Update and 2022 Federal Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row padding_top=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb padding_bottom=\u00a0\u00bb20″][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=\u00a0\u00bbCACHC and national partners urge federal government to include Pharmacare in Economic and Fiscal Update and 2022 Federal Budget\u00a0\u00bb font_container=\u00a0\u00bbtag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ use_theme_fonts=\u00a0\u00bbyes\u00a0\u00bb][vc_column_text]The Canadian Association of Community Health Centres (CACHC) and national partners in the Pharmacare Now coalition have formally written to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Cabinet calling on them to live up to commitments made to implement a universal Pharmacare program.<\/p>\n

In the letter, coalition partners write that \u00ab\u00a0failing to implement a national, universal, single-payer, public pharmacare program deprives millions of people in Canada of equal access to their needed medications\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n