I think we have to be really clear. There are a large number of Canadians who live in a fairly poverty-stricken environment. Any type of copayment really affects their ability to access health care. I think the fact that we now charge people to take an ambulance to emergency is scandalous. The idea that you have someone debating about whether or not they call when some loved one is in crisis because they're going to be charged a hundred bucks to get a ride to a hospital is just dreadful. The idea that we have a comprehensive health care system in Canada is just not true. I can understand the idea of copayments, the idea of trying to discourage waste, but I think we have to come up with more sensible ways of dealing with that. Maybe it's shorter prescription periods for the first prescription to see if the patient is going to be compliant, and then carry on.
I fundamentally don't like the idea of copayments.