Interesting, and it sounds like a great move.
Having a kid with expensive meds I can say I've been thankful that we've had good insurance most of the time, but being in a position where you have to decide between food and meds for your kid happens and shouldn't. Ever. A family going through a situation where a child needs expensive meds is dealing with enough without having to wonder how they'll get paid for.
All Ontario children and adults younger than 25 will have their full prescription drug costs covered by a new provincial pharmacare program, regardless of family income or whether they already have private insurance.
The province announced the expanded drug coverage in Thursday's annual budget, a move it projects will cost $465 million per year.
If approved, the new program would roll out Jan. 1, 2018 — and would cover 4,400 drugs for the province's four million children and young adults. The medications are the same already included in the ODP, which includes treatment for acute and chronic illness, as well certain pediatric cancers.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toront...ebar-1.4086229