For many Ontario pharmacist owners, especially those serving the province’s most vulnerable patients, the title of ‘independent pharmacist’ is a bit of fiction.
Never forget that this protracted process is also because the current government doesn’t really have the capacity to understand the complexity of the healthcare system (and the complexity of how physicians get paid).
The C.D. Howe Institute report is the result of a policy workshop held in August, which included people representing the pharmaceutical industry, the insurance industry and government, along with academics and former public servants.
