Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And I appreciate the question. I don't see it as a binary situation here. The specified conditions' list covers 54 diseases. If you have ALS, as one example, you're not on that list. You're not getting any help from the government of the NWT. So the starting point was to make the program more equitable for people who not only have drug costs for chronic conditions but they also don't have any drug coverage at all. So that means for the most basic things like antibiotics. So the thing about this is that people and their conditions don't fit into these little silos very easily. So what we're trying to do here is ask the people who have the means to help pay for their own coverage and to support the people who don't have the means to get the coverage they need to live their best lives. Thank you.
Julie Green on Question 1203-19(2): Changes to Extended Health Benefits
In the Legislative Assembly on October 19th, 2022. See this statement in context.
Question 1203-19(2): Changes to Extended Health Benefits
Oral Questions
October 19th, 2022
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