Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I guess the Member’s question on the motive can be answered by the intent of the policy. The intent of the policy is to cover or expand the supplementary health benefits to those who do not have them right now. We have a segment of the population right now, better known as lower income working poor, who may be self-employed or working for employers who do not have employer’s coverage and are not getting those basic supplementary health benefits. We have situations like over the last few months where we’ve had people who need an artificial prosthesis that we were not able to approve, because that doesn’t qualify under the existing health benefits.

I get asked at least once a week from Members to approve this or that or some of the discretionary issues. We have discovered that under the current program the only eligible factor is the age and your specific condition under the Supplementary Health Benefits Program and it would be helpful to consider one’s ability or inability to pay. That is why the income testing was introduced. If the Member was to think that is the motive, that is why we have introduced the income test as one of the factors to determine the eligibility.