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Canada passes bill to cover birth control and diabetes drugs (www.bbc.com)
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Canada's parliament has passed a bill that that will cover the full cost of contraception and diabetes drugs for Canadians.

The Liberal government said it is the initial phase of a plan that would expand to become a publicly funded national pharmacare programme.

But two provinces - Alberta and Quebec - have indicated they may opt-out of the programme, accusing Ottawa of interfering in provincial matters.

Opposition Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, whose party is ahead in national polls by a wide margin, does not support the legislation.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I didn’t ‘misunderstand’ anything.

I think you must have, and it could be that I didn't explain things properly.

But I want the healthcare system to make people healthy, not prolong their suffering. Who would be against that?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

You said ...

But I'm on the fence with type 2, since it's a completely preventable, and reversible lifestyle illness that only requires patient education and accountability.

Someone refusing to look after their own health shouldn't be a burden on the healthcare system or taxpayers, IMO.

I didn't 'misinterpret' anything. You blamed people for having type 2 diabetes, added a quote you took out of context, and generally alluded to the assumption that anyone with type 2 diabetes should be left to their own devices.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 57 minutes ago

You blamed people for having type 2 diabetes...

A lifestyle disease, is, by its very definition, caused by the actions of the person (i.e. smoking, not exercising, poor eating habits, alcohol and drug use, etc.). If kids have it, then I'd blame the parents 100%.

This is a good thing to note, because that puts control in the patient's hands.

added a quote you took out of context

If you read the article (by the Chief Medical Editor of Harvard Health Publishing...), you can clearly see that it wasn't out of context at all.

Literally every major health authority, including diabetes orgs and the WHO, have published materials on preventing and reversing type-2 diabetes.

Assuming that someone wants to get better, the fact that anyone would have long-term type 2 diabetes is a failure of their doctor and the healthcare system that's supposed to be helping them.

generally alluded to the assumption that anyone with type 2 diabetes should be left to their own devices.

Again, you've misunderstood completely.

Knowing that Type 2 diabetes is both preventable and reversible should be encouraging to patients. Why on earth would anyone want to suffer through a lifetime of insulin dependency, potential for blindness and amputations, when they can reverse this terrible disease????

And crazy enough, the lifestyle changes that reverse type 2 diabetes are also the same lifestyle changes that prevent the other top killers: heart disease, cancer, stroke, etc.

Our healthcare system should be educating patients on how to get better, not sell them expensive drugs (at taxpayer's expense).

We can disagree, sure, but no patient should be treated like they are doomed to sickness for the rest of their life.