Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you all. These were amazing presentations. They gave data to things that I had thought intuitively were the case from my medical practice. I've had anecdotes, and Dr. Martin, you could probably share many of these with me as well, of treating a patient with diabetic ketoacidosis in the emergency department when they couldn't afford their insulin. If that patient ends up in the intensive care unit, the cost for that one hospital visit probably exceeds a lifetime of that patient's insulin. That being said, we also know that the plural of anecdote does not equal data.
It's believed by many practitioners that the initial investment of a pharmacare program would eventually be offset by savings to the system, by just improved health and decreased hospital costs. In any of your reports, is there any data or any numbers that could say what the upfront costs, the ongoing costs, and the long-term savings would be to the public purse for such a program?