Prescription Care helps Islanders with the cost of eligible prescription medications.
Increased access to medications
More affordable medications for PEI Residents
Programs
- Formulary Additions – 100+ new medications added to PEI formulary
- Special authorization – Less paperwork, more time for physicians to spend on patients. Less delay in access to necessary medications
- Community Mental Health – Program expanded with no cost access to new medications
- Substance Use Harm Reduction Drug Program – No financial burden to access medications for opioid or alcohol use disorders
- $5 copay - Copay reduced to $5 for eligible cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and mental health medications under eligible drug programs
- Catastrophic Drug program – Reduced out of pocket cost for Island residents to better adapt to changes in family household income
- High Cost Drug Program – Expanded copay structure of High cost program. All Island residents now have access.
Federal Funding
- Under the agreement, PEI will receive $35 million in federal funding over four years. This will help lower out-of-pocket costs for drugs covered under public plans for eligible Island residents.
- Federal funding will also help PEI to add more drugs to the formulary.
- The agreement helps those who are most vulnerable, such as uninsured Islanders, seniors, and families with the high burden of medication cost.