Nearly one million Canadians spent less on necessities like food and heat to afford their prescriptions in 2016, according to a new study. (David Gray/Reuters)The study surveyed 28,091 people as part of the Statistics Canada Canadian Community Health Survey, asking questions about their finances and prescriptions. People without insurance, people with lower incomes and younger people in general were more likely to say they struggle to afford medication. The study said more than 1.6 million Canadians prescribed medication in 2016 didn't fill those scrips, skipped doses, or otherwise didn't take the medicine because they couldn't afford it. Previous studies have said Canadians pay the second-highest drug prices in the world, after the United States.

Source: CBC News February 13, 2018 19:53 UTC