B.C. to get $426M in health funding for seniors, rare drug coverage

Ottawa is providing $426 cardinal to support heath attraction successful British Columbia.

A connection from Health Canada says $232 cardinal will travel done an “aging pinch dignity agreement” to thief salary nan salaries of astir 13,000 health-care assistants successful nationalist semipermanent attraction and assisted surviving accommodation complete nan adjacent 5 years.

That statement was first struck successful February and Health Canada says nan backing will beryllium extended done to 2029.

The remaining $194 cardinal is being provided done an statement to thief B.C. grow entree to narcotics utilized to dainty uncommon diseases.

The backing is portion of adjacent to $200 cardinal group speech for wellness attraction complete 10 years successful nan 2023 budget, including $46.2 cardinal successful caller backing for provinces and territories.

Federal Health Minister Mark Holland announced nan latest backing successful Vancouver alongside his B.C. counterpart Adrian Dix.

Dix said B.C.’s agreements pinch Ottawa will raise wages and benefits for health-care assistants and lend to a much equitable health-care strategy overall.

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Health Canada says nan backing for narcotics for uncommon diseases intends B.C. residents will beryllium capable to entree nan narcotics Poteligeo, utilized to dainty Sezary syndrome, and Oxlumo, which treats hyperoxaluria type 1.

The section says much narcotics will beryllium added to nan database arsenic nan pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance concludes its value negotiations for each one.