- cross-posted to:
- world@quokk.au
- cross-posted to:
- world@quokk.au
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.
You assume that the article you referenced in your original post is the final say on type 2 diabetes.
I would recommend you do some more research on the subject.
From the Mayo Clinic
Most of those are quite literally lifestyle related. The others seem to be correlated, but not causal.
The consensus is that lifestyle changes, better than medical treatments, work better and should be the default.