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Topic: Two-Tier Pharmacare
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fern hill
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posted 16 December 2004 11:33 AM
When there's talk about whether we do or don't, should or shouldn't have a two-tier health care system, this subject never comes up. I went to the doc's the other day and came away with a prescription. Luckily for me, the stuff the doc wanted to prescribe has recently become available in a generic. Still, it costs about $35 a month and I'll be on it for at least six months. I also have another scrip that costs about $35 a month. I work freelance with no insurance to cover drugs, so I pay the whole shot.Employed people with drug plans, seniors, people on social assistance don't pay the whole shot. The under-employed, poorly employed, self-employed do pay the full price. Why doesnt' this get talked about? (I'm not sure this is the right forum for this.)
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skdadl
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Babbler # 478
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posted 16 December 2004 11:48 AM
Part-timers and self-employed workers face a number of double-tier issues, don't they. No insurance to cover dental costs, drug costs, etc. No employment insurance, either. I think this is just the right forum for this discussion. Have any uninsured people found good programs to help them with health costs that aren't covered by the province? Of course, the underlying problem remains that people insured through their employers get their own contributions matched (to some degree or other) by the employers -- the self-employed or poorly employed don't. I've been self-employed for many years and this would be a major problem for me -- the dental costs, especially -- if I weren't also part of a family plan. I have friends who do not get regular dental check-ups, though, simply because they can't afford them.
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