With regard to the programs that are being administered today when it comes to dental care and eyeglasses, there are some limitations. When people have to get extra dental care or are looking at other programs that are there, that they need some dollars to either top up their program so they can replace their glasses where they may have broken them and have to wait for two years, it seems like a lot of people I represent because of their limits, their $600 limit on your dental, in which you have to spend within a certain period. You are allowed eyeglasses, but it is spread out over two years. In the meantime, if these people need dental work, we cannot totally refuse them. We do have other people out there who are able to access dollars from this government through income support, which may not fall within the category of, say, a status Indian. So what is this government doing to ensure that we do not leave the residents out there having to wait for those time frames to either lapse or do it within that time frame, so that we can improve the quality of health and the health care of all residents to ensure that they are treated fairly and we are not leaving anybody out?
David Krutko on Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 22nd, 2001. See this statement in context.
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 22nd, 2001
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