Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, on Wednesday I asked the Minister of Health and Social Services questions about the consent form for supplementary health benefits that the federal government requires aboriginal people to sign so that they can continue to receive benefits from that program. The Minister stated that they would continue to ensure that all residents would have access to health care and that they wouldn't be impacted and that, if they didn't sign these forms, there would be a way of working around this. I am concerned, Mr. Speaker, on looking into this a bit more, if for example an aboriginal person goes to the drugstore to have a prescription filled or goes to get eyeglasses, what happens in that case? Is it going to be that the individual will have to pay first and then seek reimbursement from the federal government or from this government? Thank you.
Floyd Roland on Question 268-14(6): Access To Supplementary Health Benefits
In the Legislative Assembly on June 6th, 2003. See this statement in context.
Question 268-14(6): Access To Supplementary Health Benefits
Item 6: Oral Questions
June 5th, 2003
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