provision of this drug to palliative patients supports and enables patients to remain at home. Drugs not included in the Palliative Care Drug Plan formulary may be covered under the patient’s usual PharmaCare plan (e.g., Fair PharmaCare or, for recipients of B.C. Income Assistance, Plan C...
Background: In May 2003, the government of British Columbia adopted income-based pharmacare, replacing an age-based drug benefits program. Stated policy goals included reducing government spending, maintaining or enhancing access to medicines and improving financial equity. The province's experience on ...