Thank you, Mr. Braden. I'll speak to the first motion, I guess. Currently we have only two claims that are in the system that are awaiting decision; longstanding claims. In the past 20 years, we've had 34 claimants who have been through the appeals process more than three times and that's the group that the OAG had requested that they investigate, and they did, because they seem to keep going through the system. So the OAG reviewed those files and in the report they did not find that they were improperly denied, that the claimants were improperly denied their benefits. At least 34 in the past 20 years represent about .09 of all claimants that have went through, so essentially 99.91 go through the system. Are we perfect? No. Some may fall through the cracks; some we may consider have been resolved. But in the past 24 years, we've had 34 who have brought matters back more than three times.
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Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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