United States President Donald Trump is reiterating calls for his Health Department to speed up efforts to import prescription drugs from Canada.
A new Angus Reid Survey shows that four-in-ten Canadians have had shortage-related issues filling prescriptions, and say the U.S. is not their responsibility.
The Angus Reid survey says experts in Canada have suggested that Trump’s proposal could put the Canadian prescription drug supply at risk.
As Trump calls for prescription drug imports from Canada, most north of the 49th call that bad medicine https://t.co/FSIJqeRWqT pic.twitter.com/dCOHCWDNBI
— Angus Reid Institute (@angusreidorg) November 1, 2019
Fourty per cent of Canadians across all levels of income say that they, or someone in their household, have a had difficulty getting prescriptions filled.
Fourty-seven per cent says it has happened more than twice.
Four-in-five Canadians say that it is not their responsibility to help lower the cost of prescription drugs in the U.S., and that Canada should focus on its own supply.
The Angus Reid survey says also says four-in-five Canadians say that they support some sort of investment toward a national pharmacare program, rising to 86 per cent among those with a household income of less than $50,000.
