Going back the OP as I have only just picked up this thread – I would not vote for anyone based on being a T1 diabetic. If the day ever comes when we start having to pay for diabetic medication or have insurance then there are many other factors that would need taken into consideration (ie National Insurance rates).
The NHS will be used as a political football between now and May and Labour, in my eyes, are doing most of the dribbling just now. They are pedalling the myth that the Tories are privatising the NHS. A small percentage of the NHS is being run by private companies, less than 5%, and this is very much experimental to see if it can be done better. This is not privatisation. Privatisation is the Post Office and look at how that is going!
The NHS should, for me, be put on a pedestal and should be governed by a cross party agreement to take it out of the bickering that goes on and to stop it being chopped and changed every 4/8 years . Along with the parties the NHS should have a greater say in how it is run. At least then we could be told that here’s a 15 year plan and all parties have had their say and agree. Give it a chance.
I am also in favour of Government owned companies manufacturing medical supplies. I am quite convinced that they could pay well above the minimum wage for employee’s, take a small profit and still be cheaper than what they pay for supplies now!!