I don’t want to be throwing out dates guessing at these things. All I can say is that bariatric surgery is on the agenda for the team of individuals or the committee that has the NWT Medical Association and the department on it looking at the system now. I’m hoping that it doesn’t take years to come out with something. However long it does take, it would be once we’ve decided that this would be an insured service in the system, then we come back through the regular business planning process. However long it takes for us to add this and get this approved through the business planning process, considering all the other pressures on the system, then we will have a better idea of when this can be approved. It may be in the next business cycle. If it’s in the next business cycle, it will be a year from now.
Tom Beaulieu on Question 141-17(4): Insurance Coverage For Bariatric Surgery
In the Legislative Assembly on February 25th, 2013. See this statement in context.
Question 141-17(4): Insurance Coverage For Bariatric Surgery
Oral Questions
February 24th, 2013
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