One of Canada’s largest medical-cannabis producers says it will fund a Nova Scotia man’s ongoing legal fight to have his marijuana prescription paid for by his employee-insurance plan – the latest move in a nationwide push by industry, patients and their advocates for more widespread cannabis coverage.
Aurora Cannabis Inc., a publicly traded grower based in Alberta, announced this week that it will bankroll elevator mechanic Gordon Skinner’s coming defense this fall in the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal.
Aurora executive vice-president Cam Battley said the original ruling, by Nova Scotia’s human-rights board last year that found Skinner’s medicine should be covered, should extend to other patients with similar plans.
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“Patients have access to insurance reimbursement for a very broad range of prescription medicines,” Battley said. “Patients can get reimbursement through their insurance programs for opioids – and you know that we have an opioid crisis in this country.
