I think, if their health care team asserts that they need it, then yes, I do think we should be covering it.
Diabetes kills a minimum of over 7,000 people in Canada; that is, diabetes is listed as the cause of death for over 7,000 people a year. We know that diabetes is a leading cause of heart disease, stroke and kidney failure, which can also be listed as the causes of death. We think that 7,000 is masking the real number, which is likely in the tens of thousands of people who die due to diabetes or its complications in Canada every year.
It's a disease that we kind of think of as not a big deal. You take a pill, you watch what you eat a little bit and you live a long life. For some people, that is true, but it is more true for more of us that it is debilitating. It impedes our financial productivity and our ability to work. That costs our employers as well as our health care system. The more we can do to help people live well with it now and manage it well, the more we can save costs down the road.