Nursing 4440A/B Final: Better Now Spark Notes Final Exam

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Big idea 1 abida: the return to relationships. Big idea 2 ahmed: a nation with a drug problem. Medicare"s unfinished business: need to expand our public insurance plans to include coverage of medically necessary prescriptions, canada is the only developed country with universal health coverage that does not include prescription drugs. Implementing a national pharmacare program is the right thing to do would save us money: pharmacare: every canadian would be covered by a public insurance plan for medically necessary prescriptions. Insurance at a national level or provincial with coordination and standards across the country. In order to work: pharmacare must cover the same list of meds for every. Review board: sets the max price for a new drug by calculating the average list price in 7 comparator countries, 4/7 have the most expensive brand-name prices worldwide (us, If we move drug coverage into medicare, private insurance companies would lose a chunk of business.