Thank you, Mr. Speaker. With all due respect, this is not a personal issue on my part. It is a public policy question. It is a question about something that is highly discriminatory and arbitrary, and totally based on pure luck as to whether or not you pay this $250 or not. As it is now, the only people who pay it are the ones who can least afford it. The government is raising $1 million plus on the backs of these people and this is wrong and he doesn't have to include it with a basket of all the other stuff that he is working on. It needs an answer now so why can't he act on that? Thank you.
Sandy Lee on Question 48-14(6): Medical Travel Co-payment Policy
In the Legislative Assembly on February 19th, 2003. See this statement in context.
Supplementary To Question 48-14(6): Medical Travel Co-payment Policy
Question 48-14(6): Medical Travel Co-payment Policy
Item 6: Oral Questions
February 18th, 2003
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