Letter to the Honourable Colin Hansen, Minister of Health Services Re: Review of the Ministry of Health Services Pharmacare Program

In what seemed to be a secretive and arbitrary review of the Pharmacare program of the BC Ministry of Health Services, the BC Persons with AIDS Society provided this unsolicited submission. The Society believes that the process should be open and non-partisan all relevant stakeholders be consulted and that no action should be taken in direct contravention of any clear consonance of public opinion. The government should provide accurate and impartial information on drug costs and spending, accurately identify reasons for rising costs and the contexts in which they are occurring, and identify where changes in Pharmacare would increase acute and chronic care costs.