Guest guest Posted December 29, 2004 Report Share Posted December 29, 2004 from another list Bev > >> To people ordering meds, over the internet, from Canada, there was an >> article in todays USA newspaper about the Canadian Gov stopping the >> filling of >> perscriptions through the mail. The reason they give was that Canadian >> law >> requires that perscriptions bear the signature of Canadian Dr.'s. Their >> Health >> Minister says that co-signing perscriptions for American patients they >> have not >> examined is unethical. A point of information, the >> above has >> been widely quoted in the Canadian media. > > > > Hi: Willson, one of the things that has the Health Minister uneasy is that > some of the drugs are becoming scarce. Example is one of the drugs that my > wife was on when she went for a refill the end of Oct she was told that it > was not available and there was none where it was made and it was > estimated that it would be the middle of Jan before she could get it. It > was replaced with a older drug that was available and not quite as good. > Also when there is a scarcity the costs goes up and this what the > Government fears, for us seniors we only pay depending on your income > $2.00 or $6.11 for approved drugs regardless of the cost. If the drug > costs go up it will cost the Provincial Governments more money and they > will in turn have to raise taxes and be after the Federal Government for > more money. > I hope this helps you a little bit on what has got him fired up and there > is a lot members from his own party after his hide for not stopping the > drugs leaving the country.. > Sid/Ontario Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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