Health advocates call for publicly funded birth control in Nova Scotia
would save money and improve the health of Nova Scotians, doctors and health advocates in the province said Tuesday.are an inexpensive way to improve overall health and come with cost savings over the long term, Dr. Melissa Brooks, a Halifax gynecologist and obstetrician, told an all-party government committee.
Brooks was joined Tuesday at the legislature by six other health professionals — doctors, a nurse, the co-ordinator for Sexual Health Nova Scotia and the president of the Nova Scotia Health Authority — to discuss the status of reproductive health in the province. It’s in the health minister’s mandate to review the list of drugs and medical devices that are covered under pharmacare, which offers partial drug rebates to Nova Scotians without private drug coverage.According to the Nova Scotia Federation of Labour, there are nearly 150,000 residents without private drug insurance.
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