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Canada has world's third-highest drug prices

The National

3 years ago

4:12

Canada has world's third-highest drug prices

3 years ago
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4:12

Canadians are struggling to get important drug prescriptions filled, in part because we have the world's third-highest drug prices. Another factor is that doctors rarely talk about the cost; there's now a push to use technology to change that

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