A diabetic man rations his insulin, stretching doses to make each vial last longer, the cost of medication exceeding what he can afford. He knows the risks, knows what the rationing might do to his health, but sees no alternative. A cancer patient receives a drug that costs thirty thousand dollars per month, her provincial plan covering what would otherwise be impossible. A senior fills her prescriptions, the medications that keep her heart stable and her blood pressure controlled, the costs covered by her province's seniors' pharmacare.