Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Painfully steep learning curve

Murray Mandryk, The Leader-PostPublished: Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Under different circumstances, provincial Health Minister Don McMorris might have been crucified for his handling of last week's Saskatchewan Party government announcement on prescription drugs.

But the fact that he and his government emerged last Thursday only mildly chagrined says a lot about the honeymoon the Saskatchewan Party continues to enjoy in the wake of replacing a 16-year-old NDP government.

McMorris announced last week the expansion of the Saskatchewan Prescription Drug program to include all children under 14 years and to further impose a cap for seniors who earn more than $64,000 a year. The health minister also announced that two new arthritis drugs -- Embrel and Humira -- would be added to the formulary.

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