The sick will have to pay

Editor: Thank you for providing background information on so-called "Fair Pharmacare" in the last issue of the Bulletin ("Fair Pharmacare arrives," June 6). Of course, these changes to the drug plan do not save any money through efficiency but serve rather to shift millions of dollars of costs onto those who are sick. This is part of the quaint economic theory of the B.C. Liberals - that if they cut back sharply on expenditures in education, health care and social services, while funnelling money through tax cuts to our highest income earners, then everyone who matters will surely benefit.

Larry Kazdan
Vancouver