The Advisory Council on the Implementation of National Pharmacare is expected to release its report later this year. In this report, we anticipate recommendations for the implementation of a national pharmacare program here in Canada. Canadians hold many different viewpoints on national pharmacare, including whether a national program is warranted, the role of private insurers, the medications included in the program, and who the primary payors should be. In this presentation, we'll discuss the current state of pharmacare in Canada, impacts to stakeholder groups, and benefits and challenges with implementing a national pharmacare program.
Speaker: Lucian Schulte, FSA, FCIA, Senior Vice President, National Health Analytics Leader, Aon
Lucian is a Senior Vice-President of Aon's Health & Benefits practice and the national leader of Aon's Health Analytics team. Lucian leads a team developing new solutions to drive greater insight into the underlying drivers of benefits programs. Using predictive analytics, machine learning and data science the analytics team provides decision support for benefits programs and assist clients with identifying the opportunities within their programs.
Lucian has eleven years of industry experience working in actuarial consulting capacity for Health and Benefits clients across Canada. He has worked with several clients providing expertise on plan design, pricing, valuation and actuarial modeling, utilizing predictive analytics and data science. His work also includes consulting to a number of trusts and self-insured disability plans.
Lucian is a graduate of the University of Alberta with a Bachelor of Science degree in honors mathematics. He is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries. Lucian currently volunteers with the Society of Actuaries e-Learning Assessment Development Team.