The Lucknow Sentinel, 1996-07-17, Page 5Lu + ltuo'
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Accepting co -pay
by Heather BOa
new formula that
sees low income earners
paying: a portion of the
dispensing fee for dies
is being greeted with
air of .acceptance'
U bath Pharmacy in..
Lucknow.
Pharmacist/Owner
Dave Pellow said the
Tory government's co.-
payment
adpayment plant, is. "being
accepted quite well
because they're prepared
for it already. Most peo-
ple have done their
homework andthey
know what they'll be
expected to pay." ,
He said it's "an exer-
cise in explaining
because it's somewhat
confusing to"certain peo-
ple.
"Nicely surprisingly, a
number of people feel
that they've been getting.
good coverage from the
government and they feel
they don't mind con-
tributing a little bit.
However, there .are others
that resist wanting to pay
anything towardstheir
drugs whatsoever,"
Pellow said.
Starting Monday, wel-
fare recipients and.
seniors pay a minimum
$2 dispensing fee: The
provincial government
tops up the $6.11 it has
'deemed pharmacies
should receive, even
though - Um.bach
Pharmacy charges , the
remainder of its cus-
tomers $9.92.
"We're not getting
anything more. The gov-
ernment's paying $2 less,
so we're collecting it
from the individuals,"
PeIlow said.
Single seniors with net
incomes .below $16,018
will pay a $2 fee each
time they get a prescrip
• tion filled at the: pharma-
cy, the Globe and Mail.
reported Monday. People
earning more than that
will pay thefirst $100 in
drugs, then a dispensing
fee of up. to $6,11 per
prescription. Senior cou-
pies with .net . incomes
below $24,175 :also will
pay a $2 fee, while 'those
earning more will have to
pay more.
Welfarerecipients with
pay a $2 dispensing fee.:...
Low Income earners.
re+ce* a, monthly card
And ; some are flagged on
the computer system
While in some places.
an issue of privacy has
been raised, Pellow said,.
"We do not know peo.
ple's exact incomes.. How
much money the people
make is still 100 per cent,
confidential. The only
thing that people in the
pharmacy will know is if
they. are Owe or below <1'
certain pointe depending
on whether they're single
Or a couple."
Pellow , pointed- out
pharmacists have, ;topped.
the national polls for four
years s p run■WnA'ing as the most
trusted professionals.
"We're trusted • with
miueh more important,
'q information,
confidential information,;
heelthwise,". he added.
;Some .larger nierchan
deers- have waived the..
$2 fee for its customers
but Pellow said his com-
.parry rejected •the `option. •
"Those corporations
are doing this in order to
get people in their stores.
11: Pella
They're losing money on
their prescription. We
don't treat. people's
health, like . a loss. leader:
We're in the business of
a pharmacy, providing
health 'care topeopic,'
Pellow said, • pointing out
,his store offers after -hour
on ea1t service, free:
delivery and one-on-one.
health discussions.
"1 would likeanyone
to compare ..it with any of
those chalnis and see. if
they give the same ser-
vice," he said.,
The governxnent's co-
payment plan isR expected
to save the province $225
million a year,
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