Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe says his party would extend coverage for glucose monitoring and supplies for diabetes it is wins the election.   The party provided free coverage for children after it won the 2020 election.  Moe says the party would now extend it to young adults up to age 25 and for seniors 65 and older.

About 9,000 seniors and 700 young adults between the ages of 18 and 25 are expected to benefit from the proposed extension of coverage. In 2023, Diabetes Canada estimated 27 per cent of Saskatchewan’s population lives with some form of diabetes.

Meanwhile, the NDP say Scott Moe stalled signing onto a national pharmacare plan that they say would go a long way to improving the lives of Saskatchewan people living with diabetes.

The NDP says Moe has not signed on to the national plan, which would cover the cost of supplies that diabetics require to administer medication and monitor their condition, including syringes and glucose test trips. They also say that an NDP Government led by Carla Beck will sign onto the national pharmacare plan and won’t put politics over the needs of patients.