PC>    Noted in the Drugstore the sign that on AUGUST 1st.,2009
PC> all SENIORS were going to have to pay  $ 100.00

PC> This is a yearly thing, and on all precriptions filled,
PC> they will now have to pay $ 6.00

PC> SENIORS in CANADA   NO LONGER get their DRUGS for FREE.

PC> This is another attack on the National Health by big business.

I think there's some misinformation there. The signs up in pharmacies
are a reminder to those who DO have to pay a deductable that it is
now due.. That has been around almost forever.

Unless something has changed so recently that it's not even on
the government's own information sites...

From the Canadian Gov't senior's benefits information site:
"..some seniors pay an annual deductible fee of $100 and a dispensing
fee of up to $6.11 for ODB-eligible prescriptions.  Low income seniors
do not have to pay any deductible but do pay a $2 co-payment towards
the dispensing fee.."

The 'low income' level where you have to pay the $100 fee
is anything under about $29,000 annual household income..

I know one senior in particular who gets a prescription every 3 months
that costs $1200 ($4800 a year) and their total cost is $8 per year.

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