Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, what I am saying is that I think that there should not be a discrepancy, for example, between what dentists in the Yukon are paid on their fee schedule for services provided to status Indians and Inuit people under the non-insured health benefits. I do not believe it should be a lower fee schedule for the residents of the Northwest Territories. What that does is discourage dentists in private practice in the Northwest Territories from providing those services because it is on a capped and limited fee schedule, which is significantly lower than what they would charge if somebody was just coming in from the public. There is just no reasonable explanation for me why they would be on a lower fee schedule in the Yukon. It is the same challenge, the same issues. Thank you.
Jane Groenewegen on Question 462-14(3): Funding Non-insured Dental Benefits
In the Legislative Assembly on March 6th, 2001. See this statement in context.
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Item 6: Oral Questions
March 5th, 2001
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