Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is for the Minister of Health and Social Services. There's been a lot of back and forth, especially the last couple of days in Committee of the Whole, about supplementary health benefits and specifically the co-payments, which some people have to pay and others don't. First I would like to applaud the Minister for improving the third party insurance for Metis people. I think that's a great idea and a good first step, but I believe that one of the principles we should be looking to is universality. We certainly shouldn't be trying to generate revenue on the backs of an unfortunate few, Mr. Speaker. I think we need to make an informed decision on some realistic costed options. There has been a real shortage of accurate information from the department until now. Mr. Speaker, I would like to see a commitment from this Minister to come back with some costed options, including expanding this third party insurance coverage to everybody the next time we meet, Mr. Speaker. Is that too much to expect? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Brendan Bell on Question 59-14(6): Costing Of Supplementary Health Benefits
In the Legislative Assembly on February 20th, 2003. See this statement in context.
Question 59-14(6): Costing Of Supplementary Health Benefits
Item 7: Oral Questions
February 19th, 2003
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