%0 Journal Article %T Provincially administered universal pharmacare programs require a secure, affordable drug supply: A matter of national security? %J Archive of "Canadian Journal of Surgery". %D 2018 %R 10.1503/cjs.010418 %X In the 1930s, the Ontario government won a lawsuit to force the withdrawal of a federal public service pamphlet which warned parents that thumb-sucking could lead to buckteeth in their children. This precedent and others like it are sufficient to prevent the federal government from providing health care, which is a provincial responsibility, in a system that allows regions to create their own priorities. %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6066378/