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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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[–] festus@lemmy.ca 5 points 9 months ago

Everyone in BC should be signing up for Fair PharmaCare; it was hugely helpful for me when I was unemployed for a year after finishing my master's degree, but there are still benefits even if you are employed (they cap how much you should be paying for drugs during the year based on your income).

I earn a good income today (and today just accepted a job offer for an even better income!) and I'm proud to pay back into a program that helped me with expenses when I was down - I hope the NDP succeed and we get a similar program on a federal level.