As I have already stated in my public statements, the income test threshold has been revealed to be too low; that a vast majority of our non-seniors are making a much higher income than that threshold. So we expect that if we were to implement the programs the way they’re outlined, we may be excluding about 5 percent of top earning seniors from the basic Supplementary Health Benefits Program. But we have introduced the Catastrophic Drug Cost Program as a safety net so that nobody in the North will have to pay more than 5 percent of their net income for the Catastrophic Drug Cost Program.
Sandy Lee on Question 51-16(3): Proposed Changes To Supplementary Health Benefits Program
In the Legislative Assembly on February 4th, 2009. See this statement in context.
Question 51-16(3): Proposed Changes To Supplementary Health Benefits Program
Oral Questions
February 3rd, 2009
Range Lake
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