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submitted 10 months ago by sik0fewl@kbin.social to c/canada@lemmy.ca

Alberta intends to opt out of the proposed national pharmacare plan.

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[-] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 49 points 10 months ago

Why even allow provinces to opt out if it's a national plan?

[-] festus@lemmy.ca 19 points 10 months ago

Constitutionally, healthcare is a provincial responsibility so provinces have a lot of legal room to maneuver. That said the federal government is allowed to require single payer healthcare, so I'm wondering what's preventing them from giving Alberta the choice to use either a federal version or make their own, but not have nothing.

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