ITCHING FOR A CHANGE
Some of us golden-agers believe if Tommy Douglas ever envisioned that patients would pay three hundred loonies for shingles vaccinations, he would have been floored and hit the roof. Who could have imagined? Lately, many have been itching for coverage but so far the current policy remains aloof.
Those of us seniors who remember Tommy, his passion and what he achieved, that when it comes to public health, values, and basic human comfort can never be leveraged or prescribed by greed.