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Hub Dialogues: Kristina Acri on pharmacare and drug coverage models around the world
Kristina Acri, an economics and business professor at Colorado College and senior fellow at the Fraser Institute, discusses the federal government's pharmacare legislation and the economic and public policy underpinnings of different drug coverage models around the world.
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