Having to face the choice of paying 240$ per day, losing assets, and going to jail for not paying into Alward’s Drug plan, what choice will the low income worker have, stay in the province and bear the consequences of not being able to pay for the plan or move to another Province.
By André Faust
The New Brunswick a mandatory drug plan was introduced by David Alward at the last setting of the legislature, on the surface it looks like it’s a very good plan because it looks like a plan to help New Brunswickers avoid cost of catastrophic drug and to ensure that prescription drug insurance is available to every New Brunswicker. In this respect it looks like the sheep.
The intent of the plan is to give every New Brunswicker access to a drug insurance plan which in this case will be administered by Blue Cross. Any New Brunswick or who is not covered under any insurance plans will be required to pay a premium and the rate of that premium is determined by the annual income of each person. According to the plan to lower the income the lower the premium the higher the income the higher the premium, which on the surface seems to be a fair way of distributing the premiums among the wage spectrum. However, when you look at the premium formula in terms of percentages a different story is told. Continue reading
By André Faust
The Alward government has unleashed the catastrophic Drug plan, while on the surface it looks like a good plan that would help New Brunswickers cover the expense of high end drugs. When you look at who is going to pay for the plan, a scary reality unfolds. —- more to come.
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