What I Recommend

This is the final post of an eight part series exploring Ontario's decision to stop OHIP/Medicare funding for vitamin D testing.

“In terms of getting more bang for your health care buck, Vitamin D testing and supplementation for the population is one solution which is guaranteed to improve overall health of the population at a ridiculously low cost.” Jeffrey Dach MD.

There are at least 50 diseases that can be prevented by adequate vitamin D blood levels. Why is it then that provincial governments refuse to cover the cost of testing that could not only save lives but save untold suffering for millions of Canadians? Government medical advisors and spokesmen are lying to the public when they say that there is no evidence for wide scale vitamin D blood testing. Either these people are utter idiots or there is a financial benefit to someone somewhere. I have to say this because the evidence is that overwhelming.

The cessation of Medicare coverage for vitamin D testing is more than unfortunate and must be protested by anyone truly concerned with prevention. My suggestion is to write letters to the Minister of Health advising him/her that their so-called medical advisors are wrong about vitamin D testing coverage. Send him a copy of this article. For the best supportive literature to use in backing up this claim, refer to the Vitamin D Council web site (http://www.vitamindcouncil.org). This will give you a great deal of supportive scientific documentation to demonstrate the folly of cancelling Medicare coverage for vitamin D testing.