Finance committee  Forgive me. The first bit cut out, but I think I got most of it. I hear about the deductible a lot. It's a lot. Living with type 1 diabetes is very expensive. The cost of living is so high now, and I hear from people that the cost of the deductible does prevent them from seeking the best health care solutions available.

Finance committee  Thank you so much. It's an honour for me to be here to represent the voices of 750 individuals I know in B.C. who are struggling with their diabetes. It's a 24-7 job. We think about it all the time. Even with the technology available, we struggle with having low blood sugar and high blood sugar.

Finance committee  I hear stories like this from my peers all the time as well, with hospitalizations from high blood sugar, but also from low blood sugar. I think the real benefit of the automated insulin delivery system that I spoke of is that you're alerted. Let's say you're driving and you're not able to stop and physically prick your finger to test your blood.

Finance committee  I would be one hundred per cent in support of such a program, but I would also ask for the consideration of an automated insulin delivery system. The game-changer with that is the Dexcom glucose CGM, which will talk to your pump. You have an artificial pancreas that's working for you, and when they talk to each other, the magic happens.

Finance committee  Thank you, Tom. I've lived with type 1 diabetes for 17 years, and, as the founder of Young and T1, I also represent a group of 750 young people living with type 1 diabetes in B.C. Despite this network, I've struggled physically over the years. In 2016, my husband came home from work to find me unconscious and non-responsive after a night of extreme illness, vomiting, dehydration and progressively increasing blood sugars.