Pharmacists in Quebec, Canada have signed declarations that they willstop administering the provincial government's new drug insurance plan on June 30 unless the government revokes a decision to cut their dispensing fees.
The fee reduction is being imposed under Bill 104, a law passed in March allowing a 6% cut in salaries of government workers who have not agreed cost savings programs with the government. This would cut 42 cents from the C$7 ($5.50) which the pharmacists receive for each prescription covered by the government plan.
The pharmacists say they have in fact reached a cost-savings agreement, and that this was signed by the Health Minister on March 20, the day before Bill 104 was adopted. Moreover, the pharmacists say they have spent C$22 million ($16 million) of their own money on informing their customers about the new drug insurance plan.
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