canada's lethal 'postal code lottery': why won't ontario and the atlantic provinces fund life-saving take-home cancer drugs?
the cancertainty coalition wants fair and equal access to cancer drugs regardless of where you live.
rare diseases: 'it's difficult to get the government to understand the importance of adopting new drugs'
john clark, who lives with polycythemia vera, a myeloproliferative neoplasm (mpn), says one of the biggest challenges for people with an mpn is access to medication. his treatment costs $60k per year.
dr. nowak: skipping pills is bad for us, and it's bad for our health-care system
from affordability to lack of access to a health-care provider, there are many reasons people don't take their medication, but the impacts are grave, both for canada's health-care system and for patients.