我原来一直以为:在安省,如果年收入只有 OAS 和 GIS 的65岁的老人是不需要服药费的。原来不是如此的!
今天我先生跟我说,他遇到了一个80岁的,住在老人公寓的老先生跟他说:
他以前一直都没有付过药费,可是刚刚收到了政府的来信,说他今后每年拿药得先扣$100.00,以后每张处方再付$6.00。他说,他是被政府随机抽中了要付药费的。在同一座公寓里,和他有同样收入的老人都没有收到政府的类似信件。他拿着那封信去药房查询,被告知:政府是年年都会随机抽取要付药费的老人的。
我老爸和老妈从来没付过常规药的药费,难道说他们是运气,没被抽中?
刚刚上网查了查:
Ontario’s Drug Plans: How much do I pay?Under the Ontario Drug Benefit (ODB) Program, ODB eligible recipients may be asked to pay some portion of their eligible prescription drug product cost. Fees for people in the Trillium Drug Program (TDP) are calculated differently than the fees for other people in the ODB program. For most of the ODB program (excluding the TDP) The chart below sums up what you may be asked to pay. The amount you pay depends on your income. [size=12.8000001907349px]If you are: | Then you will pay: | A single senior (aged 65 or older) with a yearly net income of $16,018 or more | The first $100 of your prescription drug costs. This is called your "deductible." AND Up to $6.11 each time you fill a prescription covered under ODB. This is called your “co-payment” | A senior couple with a combined yearly net income of $24,175 or more | If you are: | Then you will pay: | A senior whose yearly net income is lower than $16,018 | Up to $2 each time you fill a prescription covered under ODB. | A senior couple whose combined yearly net income is less than $24,175 | Registered with:- Ontario Works or the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) or
- living in a Long-Term Care Home or Home for Special Care or
- receiving Home Care services.
| 还真是:我老爸老妈一年的净收入的确超过了$24,175,按理是应该每月各自要交药费的,可他们从来就没交过。我妈现还健在,说不定什么时候就会轮到她了。
[size=12.8000001907349px]我不明白:为什么付药费是靠 “随机抽取” 的,而不是该付药费的都得付药费?
[size=12.8000001907349px]我今天才理解,为什么有人会说:在加拿大,多病的,常年需要服用多种药物的老人,钱不够花。 |