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pharmacare

pharmacare noun: public insurance covering all or some of the cost of pharmaceuticals.

Noun

pharmacare (uncountable)

  1. (Canada) Public insurance covering all or some of the cost of pharmaceuticals.
    • As well, the pharmacare and general practitioner studies showed fairly similar distributions by age.1993, Philippe Cappeliez, Depression and the Social Environment: Research and Intervention with Neglected Populations
    • The Canada Health Act does not mandate provincial nonhospital (pharmacare) programs. Each province has the discretion to develop its own pharmacare, and so coverage varies widely, as does the approach to subsidizing and monitoring the delivery of pharmaceuticals for patiens in hospitals, long-term...2013, Louise Potvin, Shaping Academia for the Public Good: Critical Reflections on the CHSRF/CIHR Chair Program

Questions about pharmacare

What does pharmacare mean?
Pharmacare means public insurance covering all or some of the cost of pharmaceuticals.
What part of speech is pharmacare?
Pharmacare is a noun.

Words near pharmacare in the dictionary

  1. Pharma Bro
  2. pharma-
  3. pharmabiotic
  4. pharmabiotics
  5. pharmacal
  6. pharmacare
  7. pharmaceutic
  8. pharmaceutical
  9. pharmaceutical chemistry
  10. pharmaceutical grade
  11. pharmaceutical grades

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