{"id":"improving-access-medications","slug":"improving-access-medications","title":"Improving access to medications","chapter":3,"section":"3.3","section_title":"Supporting a healthy and secure future","heading":"Improving access to medications","in_cost_table":true,"capital":false,"fiscal":{"unit":"CAD millions","basis":"accrual, incremental impact on budgetary balance (expense or forgone revenue)","years":["2026-27","2027-28","2028-29","2029-30","2030-31"],"gross":[null,5.0,5.0,0.0,0.0],"gross_total":10.0,"flags":["none",null,null,null,null],"adjustments":[],"net":[null,5.0,5.0,0,0],"net_total":10.0,"table":{"pdf_page":233,"printed_page":219}},"description":null,"commitments":[{"text":"In the meantime, Budget 2026 is taking steps to support health research into new medical treatments, by proposing to provide $10 million over two years, starting in 2027-28, to the Praxis Spinal Cord Institute, to help it develop new treatments for life-altering medical conditions.","pdf_page":225,"printed_page":211,"quote":"In the meantime, Budget 2026 is taking steps to support health research into new medical treatments, by proposing to provide $10 million over two years, starting in 2027-28, to the Praxis Spinal Cord Institute, to help it develop new treatments for life-altering medical conditions."}],"amounts_in_text":["$10 million over two years, starting in 2027-28"],"source":{"pdf_page":225,"printed_page":211,"chapter_url":"https://budget.canada.ca/2026/report-rapport/chap3-en.html#a32"},"money_type":"spending","involves_loans":false,"lenses":["households","health"],"url":"https://budget2026.warreandvavasour.com/measures/improving-access-medications/","chapter_title":"A more affordable life"}