We know that our supplemental health program here in the Northwest Territories is a very generous program, but the Member is right, and the Member from Yellowknife Centre brought this up the other day. There are some gaps in this program. We are doing a review of our supplemental health programs here in the Northwest Territories, and I intend to engage with the Standing Committee on Social Development in the coming months to discuss options to program reform. This will include actions that we can take in the short term, as well as approaches to substantial program reform over the longer term. I do caution all Members; this was attempted once before, and it went poorly, and it did not succeed. We are going to be forced to make difficult decisions in the best interests of all of our residents, but I think it's important that we work together to find a way to close this gap in an affordable, sustainable, and appropriate way.
Glen Abernethy on Question 155-18(3): Pharmacare And Prescription Accessibility
In the Legislative Assembly on February 23rd, 2018. See this statement in context.
Question 155-18(3): Pharmacare And Prescription Accessibility
Oral Questions
February 22nd, 2018
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