Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, what we have seen is we've had -- what I do have is December 20th, we have 794 individuals that are registered for this benefit. And to the statistics on this is we've seen some member -- like some people who were previously on the program within it that they've chosen not to continue with it as the deductible might be more than what they were actually spending. And so, say for instance, somebody who had a $600 deductible, maybe it was equivalent that their medications only added up to that so there was no need for them to pay the deductible to just get the same amount. So some are not. So these are things that we are -- we are monitoring. And we do know that there are 366 new clients that are -- have been added to this so that is -- that is a good thing, and -- but this program, like I said, it is in its first year so we haven't even completed one year yet, and that's not until September, and I have committed to bringing back any information back to the Regular Members and committee within -- like, within the six months after that one year just to be able to provide any -- how it's going over this first year.
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