The working poor and the excluded coverage that the Member is talking about, we are talking about those who don’t have dental or vision care coverage, because they would get health care and drug coverage and such from the regular health care coverage we have. At this time we could only guess how many numbers there are. We believe there are about 2,000 people in the Territories without employer coverage that gives them dental and vision care. We cover $1,000 for seniors for dental and $250 for glasses every two years. So that’s the cost we’d be looking at if we were to cover them immediately.
Sandy Lee on Question 322-16(5): Annual Cost Of Supplementary Health Benefits Policy
In the Legislative Assembly on November 2nd, 2010. See this statement in context.
Question 322-16(5): Annual Cost Of Supplementary Health Benefits Policy
Oral Questions
November 1st, 2010
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