Ontario to fund insulin pumps for children with diabetes

Ontario will help young people with diabetes by funding their insulin pumps, it was announced in the budget yesterday. The cost of $6,000 for insulin pumps and $2,400 for administering it, will be borne by the government. The estimated cost would be $12 million in 2006-07 growing to $30 million by 2008-09. The move is part of the $1.9 billion increase in health care spending and Ontario is the first province in Canada to fund insulin pumps.
via Toronto Star