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Health committee I'm sorry I asked, sir.
November 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Charlene Lavergne
Health committee The next time they say that to you, you say, “Listen, pumpkin. I peed on a stick.” Forty-three years ago, I was peeing on a stick. The first glucose monitors were like cases. You had to put your whole hand in. We have really come a long way. Look, insulin was invented in this pr
November 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Charlene Lavergne
Health committee I know.
November 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Charlene Lavergne
Health committee We didn't die with OHIP.
November 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Charlene Lavergne
Health committee How would it change my life? It would be like Christmas. It would be everything rolled into one. What would it mean for me? I'm 63. It would mean that I could look forward to seeing my four granddaughters and I could live with less anxiety and less stress. I would know that it wa
November 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Charlene Lavergne
Health committee I'm not going to Hawaii.
November 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Charlene Lavergne
Health committee No, but I lived in New Zealand. I had my first daughter in New Zealand, and they had national pharmacare then, years ago.
November 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Charlene Lavergne
Health committee You paid $5—
November 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Charlene Lavergne
Health committee —and they were better at managing my diabetes than Canada ever was. I paid $5 to go to the doctor. You just went to the chemist then and got all your meds. It was absolutely heavenly. You went in and presented your scrips and no questions, no problems. If you had any issues, th
November 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Charlene Lavergne
Health committee Oh, yes. I could do a lot more. Hopefully, it would help with the other disabilities I have, but the fact that I didn't have to worry about where every little bit was coming from, I can't begin to tell you what that would do for my life. It would just lift a big burden. Right n
November 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Charlene Lavergne
Health committee For insulin. It would be nice not to feel so criminal. I just want to be able to function.
November 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Charlene Lavergne
Health committee I went bankrupt.
November 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Charlene Lavergne
Health committee —and the embarrassment.
November 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Charlene Lavergne
Health committee I was 18 and I was in Don Mills, I think. I had just got married and I think I went to the doctor to get the pill. The doctor did some blood work and he said, “Oh, you know what? Your blood sugar's really high. You must be diabetic.” Then he sent me for—oh, you guys are going to
November 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Charlene Lavergne
Health committee I don't know what I'd do with myself if I didn't have to pay for insulin.
November 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Charlene Lavergne