Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Having tried everything else, he at least wants to give this option a try.
He has recently asked the Baffin Regional Health Board, with my full support, if the board would help to see a chiropractor. Mr. Speaker, I understand that the Minister of Health, Honourable "Pretty Boy" Kelvin Ng...
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... is reviewing whether these services could be provided as insured services under medicare. Mr. Speaker, I believe that chiropractors can often help people with back problems. I think many of us know people who have been helped by chiropractors. I believe that in some cases, they can save money in our health care system by eliminating the need for expensive specialists and even surgery.
Mr. Speaker, I know that some doctors may argue that chiropractors are not real health professionals. Some doctors also believe that traditional healing methods should not be recognized by our health care system. However, Mr. Speaker, I hope that our Minister of Health will be open to consider health care treatment which will be effective, which our people believe in, and which probably will cost less than expensive physicians and hospitals.
I am pleased that the Minister is willing to review this matter, and I look forward to the results. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
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