It was a campaign promise made by Premier David Alward but bringing in a catastrophic drug coverage plan hasn’t happened yet.
The Premier says former Health Minister Dr. Dennis Furlong is working on such a plan that will be affordable but the province’s finances have to be turned around because there are just so many dollars to work with these days.
He estimates a provincial catastrophic drug plan will cost something like 20 million dollars. As just one example of how expensive drugs can be, the cancer drug Avastin costs 10 thousand dollars a month.
Alward reminds everyone the government has already brought in a dental and vision programme for the most vulnerable children in the province and is also working on a prescription drug programme.
