Québec is facing a systemic crisis fuelled by decades of underfunding, centralization and privatization. It’s time to change course – and we have bold, concrete solutions to suggest in order to put the public system back on an even keel. We’ll be presenting a new idea every month until the day of the provincial election on October 5, 2026.
OUR DEMANDS
A BOLD IDEA FOR JULy
In a world where medications are essential to people’s health, no one should have their ability to heal depend on a system designed to enrich private insurers and pharmaceutical companies. Yet by maintaining a hybrid model where private insurance coexists with a public plan, Québec has chosen a system that’s more expensive and less equitable. The result is weaker bargaining power with Big Pharma, premiums that rise year after year and a growing financial burden for everyone. For 2026, the APTS is proposing a clear solution to reduce costs and improve access to treatments: a universal public drug insurance plan that puts the interests of the public ahead of those of private intermediaries.
Why do we need a universal public prescription drug insurance plan ?
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The Coalition solidarité santé reminds us that 30 years after Québec’s bill on prescription drug insurance became law, our insurance plan today costs too much, makes inequality worse and deprives thousands of people of access to affordable medication. It’s time for the government to abolish the hybrid model and finally set up a universal public plan, just as Quebecers were promised.
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