A Time for Change: The Argument for National Pharmacare

Abstract

Come this year I will be celebrating a milestone birthday, 25 years old. There are many significant milestones associated with that age; however, there is one milestone that I have been taking for granted… It is the age in which my parents’ employers drug plan will stop covering my medications. The realization that “free” medications were soon going to be a luxury of the past gave me a moment of pause, I asked myself, how does a country who prides itself on national healthcare still have people budgeting to buy life sustaining medications? The reality of that answer being the healthcare system we are so proud of is seemingly flawed.

Keywords

• Universal coverage
• prescription drugs
• healthcare system