Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, there are a number of issues that constantly bedevil this process. The federal government challenges a lot of the expenditures. We, as a territory, have some programs and services that are higher or greater than the federal government wants to pay for. They refuse and disallow those invoices. The program was only funded at 95 percent, so there's a five percent deficit that we deal with yearly because there's a cap set on what they're going to pay. There's a whole host of reasons and, as we know from many of our other negotiations with the federal government, when they want to, the wheels of federal bureaucracy grind very slowly and fine and progress is often glacial in resolving issues. That's one of the situations we're also faced with. Thank you.
Michael Miltenberger on Question 33-15(3): Federal Government Honouring Commitments To The Non-insured Health Benefits Program
In the Legislative Assembly on March 18th, 2004. See this statement in context.
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Question 33-15(3): Federal Government Honouring Commitments To The Non-insured Health Benefits Program
Item 7: Oral Questions
March 17th, 2004
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