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B.C. becomes first province to provide universal coverage for opioid treatments
BY The Canadian Press, Jun 14, 2023 8:24 PM - REPORT AN ERROR
Mental Health and Addictions Minister Jennifer Whiteside says removing cost barriers to medication-assisted treatment will help more people stabilize their lives, prevent deaths and stay on their journey to wellness.
B.C. is expanding the program it uses to help patients kick their dependence on opioids.
A statement from the Health Ministry says B.C. will now provide universal coverage for eligible drugs which include methadone that are rated as opioid agonist treatment medications.
The statement says the expanded program differs from safer supply which provides alternatives to illicit drugs and will help the roughly 1600 B.C. patients who can't get PharmaCare coverage for the drugs needed to manage their opioid-use disorder.
Mental Health and Addictions Minister Jennifer Whiteside says removing cost barriers to medication-assisted treatment will help more people stabilize their lives, prevent deaths and stay on their journey to wellness.
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