The federal Liberals will face some difficult financial choices if they plan to implement Dr. Eric Hoskins' pharmacare plan as it's written: they can either convince some provinces to take smaller transfers than others, or double the cost of the program by treating all provinces the same.
Hoskins estimates the annual price tag for a national pharmaceutical programs would be about $15 billion once it's fully implemented.
But paying for the program exactly as the doctor ordered could be problematic.
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