Alberta NDP would pay prescription drug costs for middle-, low-income seniors
Posted Mar 29, 2019 11:13 am.
Last Updated Mar 30, 2019 10:58 am.
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SHERWOOD PARK – Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley is promising that, if re-elected, her government would cover all prescription drug costs for middle- and low-income seniors.
Notley says it’s wrong that some seniors are forced to choose between filling their prescriptions or buying necessities.
Seniors making less than $75,000 a year would be covered.
Right now, anyone over 65 pays one-third of the cost, and Notley says that adds up quickly with multiple prescriptions.
It’s expected the plan would cost an added $110 million a year.
Notley says the changes will benefit 80 per cent of seniors and save them about $200 a year each.