Community members co-designing a trial of medication access

Many Canadian patients face barriers to medication access that negatively affect their health. Medications are still excluded from the publicly funded health care system in Canada, despite multiple government and independent recommendations, as well as international standards. Clear demonstrations that publicly funding medications will save billions of dollars have not led to policy change. Here, Persaud et al discuss their Carefully Selected and Easily Accessible at No Charge Medications study that would help bridge an evidence-policy gap around medication access by measuring the effects of providing people with free and convenient access to medications, while incorporating community members as partners.