Health committee  I would agree that whatever we can do for people living with diabetes to enhance the criteria to meet that 10 hours would give them the benefit of the credit.

Health committee  I would agree with Louise's comments. As you say, many research studies are publicly funded through grants and monies, for which they apply, available from the Public Health Agency of Canada and so on. They have money that is helping them do the research they are doing, so I ques

Health committee  Yes. There are some long-acting insulins that are not covered by publicly funded plans. There are concentrated insulins, as well as mealtime or rapid insulins, that are not covered by publicly funded plans. I will add that most times we can get coverage for some type of insulin

Health committee  I assume it's related to the cost to the province. In terms of our negotiations, they negotiate a cost of availability. In all honesty, that's the only thing I can think of, that it's related to cost.

Health committee  Absolutely.

Health committee  Private insurance has much more liberal coverage of those types of insulin. Depending on the plan—a group plan versus your own personal private plan—there will be much better coverage. Usually we can get it if they need it. If they have a private plan, it's covered.

Health committee  We shouldn't have to make people choose between working and not working. Some people are not able to work and, therefore, have no access. A large proportion of people living in New Brunswick, upwards of 40% or so, have either the public plan or no plan at all, not because they ha

Health committee  All of them.

Health committee  No.

Health committee  They should all be equal.

Health committee  Very little, only because I know very little. I tell them to find out, to call the person who does their taxes or call the 1-800 number to find out more about it. It would be great if clinicians had more information on how to direct people, but we don't have that readily accessib

Health committee  A lot of people perhaps don't have the capacity to do that, nor should they have to.

Health committee  One thing that I think could be a barrier is the access to pharmacies and the costs at the pharmacy level, because that is not equal. Even within my own province, you can shop from one pharmacy to another and you can see up to 30% difference in cost. A universal care system may b

Health committee  It would be brilliant.

Health committee  That would be my position.