Health

$2,168.5M to facilitate access to health care and social services

$2,032.5M over five years to strengthen health care and social services
- $811.5M to consolidate the care and services offered in public institutions of the health and social services network, support operating and clinical costs, and enable Santé Québec to stabilize operations and roll out targeted actions to optimize work organization. The objective is to improve the flow of care and service pathways, prevent avoidable hospitalizations and ensure more efficient use of network resources.

$756.2M to support access to medication
- $663.5M to consolidate funding for the treatments offered in health institutions;
- $92.7M to deliver on the commitments announced in the Stratégie québécoise des sciences de la vie 2025-2028 (Quebec life sciences strategy) to accelerate the listing of new drugs.
$200.0M over five years to continue efforts to reduce the surgical waiting list;
$164.8M to strengthen access to front-line care
- $90.0M over five years to offer more services to the population through pharmacists;
- $44.8M over five years to implement the new compensation model for general practitioners by adapting the management processes of the Régie de l’assurance maladie du Québec (RAMQ) to ensure efficient management of registrations related to dynamic patient enrolment;
- $30.0M over three years to support the coordination of government action on front-line care and services.
$100.0M to roll out the actions stemming from the Stratégie nationale de prévention en santé (national health prevention strategy).

$136.0M over four years to complete funding for the Government Action Plan for Caregivers 2026-2027;
- Maintain support services for caregivers and direct assistance toward direct services to the population that meet priority needs;
- Extend the assistance program for private seniors’ residences and other related private entities for 2026. The assistance helps limit the impact of insurance premium increases, which affect rents for seniors

54% of investments are for keeping existing infrastructure in good condition;
46% of investments are for new infrastructure supporting development, to continue the construction, expansion or redevelopment of health and social services institutions, as well as CHSLDs and seniors’ homes (maisons des aînés).