Paying for HIV prevention

I have a new story on the national page of Xtra.ca today, which takes a look at the issue of catastrophic drug coverage across the country, particularly through the issue of HIV medication. I was first alerted to the issue not only through the last election (and numerous questions in Question Period), but when I was invited to be on a media panel at the Canadian AIDS Society's annual general meeting a few weeks ago, and one of the participants talked about this issue. A few things ended up on the editing room floor, including some mention of a couple other issues of coverage in some provinces, explicitly saying that the pharmaceutical companies aren't the bad guys in this, and talk about the Romanow and Kirby reports, but overall the piece should hopefully generate some good discussion about the issue.