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Nearly 1 in 4 Canadians skipping pills, not renewing prescriptions due to cost: poll | Globalnews.ca (globalnews.ca)

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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 7 points 9 months ago

I work two jobs and one of them pays well. I say this only to say that even on my relaxed budget the cost of some of the meds the doc's tried to give me - basically on speculation - were a "how about no".

And I think I'm up there for pay. Like, how the hell is your middle or low income even going to make that choice? Is it to tick the "spoke to patient who declined meds" check-box?

So yeah, I think the 1 in 4 is low.