Health care system is changing.(State of the Industry)

TORONTO -- The most pressing concern for the retail pharmacy industry is its future within Canada's health care system.

In the nationally insured system the provinces and territories meet a substantial part of the costs of health care and are responsible for overseeing the entities that actually deliver the services.

The federal government establishes the standards the system is to meet and pays a substantial share of the costs.

Those costs, however, continue to escalate exponentially, threatening the level of funds governments can devote to other deserving priorities, including education, maintenance of infrastructure and social services.

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