Regarding medicines used to treat diabetes (metformin and insulin) and cardiovascular diseases including hypertension (bisoprolol, captopril, enalapril, furosemide) and hypercholesterolemia (simvastatin, atorvastatin), their availability in the public sector was far higher than that in the private sector since these medicines were covered by health insurance. This evidence concerns the gene INS and Hypercholesterolemia.