There was a news piece today about the cost of drugs potentially going up. Yes, you read that correctly. It seems that the Canadian government is working on a trade agreement with the European Union. As part of the agreement, the E.U. wants the patent protection on brand-name drugs to be increased by 3 1/2…
There were two recent events in British Columbia which are now starting to affect employee benefits, and in particular, benefits premiums. First off, the H.S.T. Ah, three letters that can overthrow a government leader. Back on July 1st, the B.C. government rolled out their Harmonized Sales Tax (H.S.T.). As a result, claims for services provided…
First off, it’s been a while since my last post – my apologies. Since Ontario and B.C. made the changes to their provincial drug plans, something has, well, been bothering me about the changes. I haven’t said much on it (a blog posting back in May did touch briefly on it). But, twice in the…
