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Michael Cowley

Physiologist

Aug 26, 2026

0:00
It's about the well.
0:02
Like what is a well? It's a subterranean water reservoir.
0:07
And so deep, deep, deep down into the pits of that well is this fresh water running through.
0:17
And that's what the significance of the well was, other than getting the drink of water.
0:24
There's a heart move deep, deep, deep, deep down where the Holy Spirit was dwelling in a wild, significant way.
0:35
And Jesus here articulating to her the depths of the story of her life.
23:50
Okay.
23:51
Yeah, yeah.
23:52
And the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee, PBAC, which is the committee that advises the government whether the drugs should be listed on the subsidised pharmaceutical benefits scheme, in November decided that the patients with obesity and cardiovascular disease and a series of other obesity-related diseases...
24:10
I can read you the list if you like.
24:11
Patients with established cardiovascular disease, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander with obesity-related comorbidities, people with syndromic obesity, which is a genetic form of obesity, patients with medication-induced obesity.
24:22
So some medicines also cause obesity.
24:24
And then patients requiring weight loss to be eligible for surgery should be able to access these drugs through the PBS.
26:47
So we've got to do something else, don't we?
0:39
Okay.
0:40
Yeah, yeah.
0:41
And the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee, PBAC, which is the committee that advises the government whether the drugs should be listed on the subsidised pharmaceutical benefits scheme, in November decided that the patients with obesity and cardiovascular disease and a series of other obesity-related diseases...
0:59
I can read you the list if you like.
1:00
Patients with established cardiovascular disease, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander with obesity-related comorbidities, people with syndromic obesity, which is a genetic form of obesity, patients with medication-induced obesity.
1:11
So some medicines also cause obesity.
1:13
And then patients requiring weight loss to be eligible for surgery should be able to access these drugs through the PBS.
3:36
So we've got to do something else, don't we?

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