Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So it is about the redistribution of resources. It is taking resources which are now expended on behalf of those seniors who are in a certain income bracket and re-profiling those resources to a group of people who are not receiving them. So it is a redistribution of the resources this government has. But if we were given a number and we were told, Members of the Legislature, if we would commit to expend this much money, we could take care of the folks who aren’t being looked after plus we could leave the Seniors Supplementary Health Benefits the way they are. But how can we make that decision in a vacuum, in the absence of any kind of financial projections? That’s the kind of information I’m saying that we need in order to make a decision like that. Is there any effort on the Department of Health and Social Services, even on a projection basis, to estimate what it would cost to include those people who are not covered now, while at the same time not taking anything away from those people who are covered? Thank you.
Jane Groenewegen on Question 89-16(5): Proposed Changes To Supplementary Health Benefits Program
In the Legislative Assembly on March 25th, 2010. See this statement in context.
Question 89-16(5): Proposed Changes To Supplementary Health Benefits Program
Oral Questions
March 24th, 2010
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