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Originally Posted by SilentKnight
Recently, my diabetic father learned that OHIP (Ontario Health Insurance Plan) is no longer covering an important diabetic medication he's been taking for several years.
OHIP gave him no notification or advance warning they were dropping coverage of the medication. He didn't find out until visiting his local pharmacist for a prescrip renewal this past Friday.
Now my retired father on a fixed retirement income has no choice but to come up with $300+ each month to pay for the meds, when in the past he simply had to pay the $26 dispensing fee at the pharmacy.
The woman he spoke with over the pharmacy counter told him the provincial gov't had recently canceled converage on a large number of medications needed by seniors.
She then commented that the cancellation of coverage coincided with the timing of the General Motors bailout.
WTF?!
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My father is diabetic (and on OHIP) and I am Diabetic too but live in US.
95% of the meds are covered, some new or more exotic (like delay release) are not. Same in US even if you have the best insurance.