{"id":2392,"date":"2006-05-29T12:29:04","date_gmt":"2006-05-29T16:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?p=2392"},"modified":"2021-07-21T16:01:11","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T20:01:11","slug":"brief-regarding-bill-102-an-act-to-amend-the-drug-interchangeability-and-dispensing-fee-act-and-the-ontario-drug-benefit-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/brief-regarding-bill-102-an-act-to-amend-the-drug-interchangeability-and-dispensing-fee-act-and-the-ontario-drug-benefit-act\/","title":{"rendered":"<FONT COLOR=\"#E00000\">BRIEF: <\/FONT> Regarding Bill 102, an Act to Amend the Drug Interchangeability and Dispensing Fee Act and the Ontario Drug Benefit Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(May 29, 2006)<\/p>\n<p>Presented to the Standing Committee on Social Policy of the Ontario Legislature on Monday, May 29, 2006 on behalf of the Medical Reform Group by Joel Lexchin, MD, Professor of Health Policy at York University and Norman Kalant, PhD, Professor of Medicine (Ret.) at McGill University.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brief.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here for Brief<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(May 29, 2006) Presented to the Standing Committee on Social Policy of the Ontario Legislature on Monday, May 29, 2006 on behalf of the Medical Reform Group by Joel Lexchin, MD, Professor of Health Policy at York University and Norman Kalant, PhD, Professor of Medicine (Ret.) at McGill University. 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