An annual price tag of $300,000 per patient puts Trikafta out of reach for a lot of families. Ontario said it would cover the drug, but some patients say there's a catch.

Rising drug prices, coupled with precarious work for young people, may be driving more Canadians to seek public assistance to afford their medication. 

Andrea Gangel's 14-month-old son Steven was diagnosed with a cow's milk protein allergy and soy intolerance when he was just a baby, which meant he couldn't keep down regular formula. The only thing he could stomach was a prescription elemental formula called Neocate.