Have diabetes, blood clots, heart failure? Expanded coverage for medication announced

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Have diabetes, blood clots, heart failure? Expanded coverage for medication announced
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Starting Thursday, two medications will be expanded to regular benefits under BC PharmaCare.

The B.C. government has made two types of medication used for diabetes, heart failure and blood clots a regular benefit.

Apixaban is a blood thinner medication used to prevent or treat blood clots; about 45,000 patients in British Columbia use it. The expansion will help an additional 24,000 patients, says the B.C. government.

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