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Prescription refill limits during COVID-19 pandemic mean added costs for seniors

CARP advocacy group asks province to step in, after hearing from seniors who are paying multiple dispensing fees now that they’re limited to 30-day supplies of medications.

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With pharmacies limiting prescription refills to 30 days at a time, some seniors are complaining that they’re paying multiple dipsensing fees and having to go the drugstore multiple times to pick up medications.


A provincial recommendation to limit prescriptions to a 30-day supply during the coronavirus pandemic has Ontario seniors demanding relief from dispensing fees that have, for some, tripled in cost.

CARP, a national advocacy group for the rights of aging Canadians, is being “inundated” with emails from seniors, who worry about being hit with multiple dispensing fees now that pharmacists are filling prescriptions monthly instead of every 90 days, said chief policy officer Marissa Lennox.

Rachel Mendleson

Rachel Mendleson is a Toronto-based investigative reporter for the Star. Follow her on Twitter: @rachelmendleson.

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