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    Kanada verabschiedet ein Gesetz zur Deckung der Kosten für Geburtenkontrolle und Diabetes-Medikamente für alle Kanadier


    Kanada verabschiedet ein Gesetz zur Deckung der Kosten für Geburtenkontrolle und Diabetes-Medikamente für alle Kanadier

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwylw2ee05yo

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    3. MinimumSet72 on

      Show me something that’ll NEVER happen in the United States 👆🏾

    4. ProofByVerbosity on

      Anyone who slights this action and doesn’t acknowledge the good the NDP did here may want to get checked out for a bad case of partisanship

    6. agha0013 on

      conservatives have already vowed to scrap this, and Alberta is already picking a fight over it, vowing to opt out, but demanding the federal funds that would have covered the Albertan costs.

      It’s good progress, but it may be short lived (like the federal dental program) as the PP led CPC wants to undo all this stuff that might undermine their plans to keep selling this country out to the highest bidders.

      Canada has the second highest drug costs in the world, following the US (though the gap is quite large) and part of that is because we have tens of thousands of different buyers across the country. Drug companies use that to their advantage to profit enormously. We need a single national buyer who can negotiate all the pricing in a single point, but the CPC (and conservative provincial) plans for the future are widespread American style for-profit healthcare at every level

    8. Academic-Lack3676 on

      Taxes are not free! where are they getting the money to pay for this?

    10. verdasuno on

      Great first step. 

      Now to expand PharmaCare to everyone that needs it for essential medicines. It’s what Tommy Douglas always planned as the next step after Medicare but died before it could be introduced. 

    12. reifier on

      If that includes the weight-loss drugs that’s gonna be a massive cost

    13. BCOTB on

      Great news! I can’t imagine living in a developed nation that thinks that letting people die over insulin is somehow acceptable.

      Even if you don’t use these products – you almost certainly know someone that does. This is less stress for them, and more money in their pocket to spend on goods and services in your community.

    16. Adamantium-Aardvark on

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

      always the same two provinces causing trouble

    17. FoodForTheEagle on

      > Diabetes drugs covered include insulin – for people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, which can cost between C$900 and C$1,700 a year – and Metformin, which helps lower blood sugar levels for people with type 2 diabetes.

      Can we also make Metformin available OTC for off-label use?

    18. filipha on

      They should also do HRT then. Nothing luxurious about being a middle aged woman having to pay through the roof when your estrogen naturally stops being produced by your body.

    19. smittyleafs on

      Honestly, when it comes to universal healthcare it’s far cheaper to pay for the prevention vs paying for the illness. From a budgetary standpoint, paying for birth control for hundreds of people is probably cheaper than one hospital childbirth.

    21. Accurate-Love- on

      Insulin prices without insurance here in the US is a death sentence for many. I wish our government, the one that always wants our votes, would pass bills like this.

    25. CrabPrison4Infinity on

      Nice to see some news that makes you feel good about being Canadian and aligns with our national values for once

    26. JaMeS_OtOwn on

      I guess it’s cheaper than regulating the processed foods and sugar’s that cause the Diabete’s.

    27. Redrum-Rectum-Devour on

      As a type 1 diabetes this is amazing news! Omfg Like life changing!

    28. Unlucky_Formal_1201 on

      Cool. You’ll just have to wait 18 months to see the doctor and another 18 for them to be dispensed

    29. giggity_giggity on

      In before (from religious conservatives): the government is paying our kids to have sex!

    30. apricotredbull on

      Of course Quebec wants to opt out.

      Our government also announced today they want to remove family doctors to “non sick people” and give them to sick people. I understand the concept but basically anyone under the age of 40 will not have access to preventative medicine 👍🏻

    31. InGordWeTrust on

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

      That man has only worked in the government for 20+ years and never done a meaningful thing. Even now, trying to get in the way of the betterment of Canada. Stopping birth control. Stopping dental plans. You’d hope Millhouse would make access to those things easier. Nope.

    32. NavyDean on

      Canadian Conservatives trying to spin this is fucking hilarious if you go to the r/Canada echo chamber.

    34. IntoTheMirror on

      “As an American let me explain why something like this wouldn’t work here and why it’s actually bad/evil”. /s

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