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Canada passes bill to cover birth control and diabetes drugs

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Canada 's parliament has passed a bill that will cover the full cost of contraception and diabetes drugs for Canadians .

The bill is the initial phase of a plan that would expand to become a publicly funded national pharmacare programme.

The government estimates one in five Canadians struggle to pay for prescription drugs.

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78

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81

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44

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formal

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English

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55

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short-lived

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