Health Minister Adrian Dix says British Columbia has taken a "long overdue step forward" to help lower-income households handle the cost of prescription drugs. It's a #HappyNewYear year for 240k #BC families who will benefit from our $105m investment to reduce/eliminate PharmaCare deductibles & co-payments for lower income households. Before, families with net earnings between $15,000 and $30,000 paid $300 to $600 in deductibles before receiving drug coverage assistance. Revisions to the program also lower deductibles for households earning between $30,000 and $45,000, while certain payments were wiped out for low-income seniors and for B.C. is engaged in the federal government's move toward a national pharmacare program but isn't willing to wait for results, said Dix.

Source: CBC News January 04, 2019 21:22 UTC