In Saskatoon Wednesday morning Saskatchewan Party leader Scott Moe said if re-elected his party will extend glucose monitoring coverage to seniors and young adults living with diabetes. He pointed to 2020 when the then Sask. Party government fulfilled an election promise and provided coverage at no cost for continuous and flash glucose monitors for children and youth under age 18. Scott Moe says they will extend that coverage to young adults up to age 25 and will extend coverage for glucose monitoring for seniors 65 and over.

The Sask Party estimates about 9,000 seniors aged 65 and over and 700 young adults ages 18 to 25 will benefit from the extension of coverage. Diabetes Canada estimates, based on 2023 numbers, that approximately 27 per cent of the province’s population is dealing with pre-diabetes, Type 2 diabetes or Type 1 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.