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Province mulling drug plan changes

October 26, 2009

October 24th 2009 Major changes to the Ontario drug benefit system -- based in part on a secret, $750,000 sole-sourced ...

Seniors fret over drug cuts

October 26, 2009

October 26th 2009 Seniors are worried they might have to choose between paying the rent or buying generic drugs in ...

Neuropathic pain treatments: Medicines other than conventional drugs

September 28, 2009

Editor's Note: Dr Mailis-Gagnon will be writing for CARP Action Online on a semi-regular basis. Should you have any ...

Neuropathic Pain treatments

September 11, 2009

Editor's Note: Dr Mailis-Gagnon will be writing for CARP Action Online on a semi-regular basis. Should you have any ...

What happened to Catastrophic and Rare Disease Drug Coverage?

August 6, 2009

The increased importance of pharmaceutical drugs in Canadian health care was not foreseen during the drafting of the ...

Seniors have earned their ‘ride’

May 22, 2009

Published: Thursday, May 14, 2009 Contrary to the views expressed in this column, Alberta seniors are not asking for a ...

Alberta Budget 2009

April 13, 2009

CARP notes the Failure to Deliver on Commitment Made to Review the Pharmaceutical Redesign Strategy. The ...

CARP Succeeds in Convincing Alberta Health Premier to Reconsider Controversial Bill

February 27, 2009

On December 9th CARP called for the Alberta Health Minister Ron Liepert to reconsider the increases to drug costs for ...

Health minister takes second look at seniors drug plan

February 27, 2009

EDMONTON — Health Minister Ron Liepert says he’s taking a second look at proposed changes to the seniors ...

CARP opposes increasing drug costs for low income Alberta seniors

December 9, 2008

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 9, 2008 CARP opposes increasing drug costs for low income Alberta seniors TORONTO, ON: ...