Thank you, Mr. Chair. I guess where I'm -- my -- I'm -- it's not for me to ask you questions. But for the concerns that I've heard are not on the low income side I guess. They're -- people having -- anybody who's under that threshold or has never had any services before, you know, I mean, this is where they're actually going to have an extended health benefit whereas they've never had it before. You know, if you're living in a house and you own your home and you're paying high utility costs, you know, I mean, this is where income testing is coming in and other insurances -- so, like, your employer insurances will also be there. There -- you know, and so this is a net. So when we look at low income, you know, like, take for instance we all know people that are making in this -- you know, salaries maybe around 50 grand. And then so what their net might be is 35,000 or 40,000, right. So when you look at the band that they're sitting at, they might be in the low income or they might be at one or two, and then they may, if they're -- depending on the cost of what they're -- like, we're bringing down the cost of the medication they may use so depending on where they are at, their maximum they may pay at those rates are -- I think it's $400 or $300 a month or a year and so that works out to -- and that's only if their medication -- if they've maxed out, you know. So if they're -- if they're maxing out what they're using but they'll never pay more than that $400. And as you go up in the bands -- and I mean, it's on the website. It's all there. People can look at what their CRA net income is and if they have medication, they will be able to say whether or not, you know -- how much they'll be, you know, eligible to receive or what they'll save in their costs on their medication or their medical supplies. If they fall below the low income, they'll have the access to the dental services. So these are, like, the people that, you know, are low income, no job. Our disability clients who are not working, they will fall below that. And if they're not under NIHB or they're not under Metis and they don't have any other insurances, they're non-Indigenous, you know, they may be new Canadians to the country that are working a low income job, they will have access to those programs. So thank you, Mr. Chair.
Lesa Semmler on Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on June 4th, 2024. See this statement in context.
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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