Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the medical travel policy -- and I hear the Member, you know. And if people leave the territory on their own for whatever reason and it's not through being sent out for a medical -- through medical travel for access to an appointment or surgery or

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chair. This is why we're looking at the policy review. You know, and even the information that I explained to the Member in the House, you know, people leaving the Northwest Territories, I myself, you know, when I first travelled, you know, that's not something tha

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chair. You know, I hear the Member, and I'm -- you know, my thoughts and prayers go out to the family and her community and, you know, her constituents. You know, this is -- these decisions and some of the things with medical travel and this is why there's -- this

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, we have provided numbers. You know, the estimate is what is in the budget, and we've said that it's 1.3 -- like, and it's in the letter that I sent today as well, that the summary of the expected increased costs is $2.5 million, less the estimated

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, this is all by estimates because we don't know what the 2200 people -- because they haven't fell within a specific disease, so we don't know what their needs are. They may have high costs in pharmacare or medical supplies that they require but the

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Yes, thank you, that's correct.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  I'll pass that to the ADM.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I will pass that over to the ADM.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you. At this time, there's no -- I mean, the program is set to go live September 1st, Mr. Chair. And next month, they'll be opening up the process for people to start applying through the program. And then, you know, those questions that are out there that what their eligib

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chair. As I mentioned, this extended health policy has been reviewed. I know that there was -- in the last government, it went back out to review because of a lot of the concerns. There was recommendations to make changes. Those changes were made. How we use this -

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, again, our extended health benefits policy is the payer of last resort. So the new Pharmacare Act that's going through the federal government right now is specific to diabetic medication and to birth control. It doesn't include -- at this time, th

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chair. There was a lot of numbers. There was a lot of calculations in that. I am not a mathematician, and I could not keep up with where we were at. What I can say with that, you know, is I understand that there's people out there that are not getting any services.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, one of the things that -- within the Northwest Territories, there are many programs that we provide at no cost and we have been providing those at no cost to residents of the Northwest Territories who hold a valid NWT health care card. Many of tho

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chair. And we do have the Office of the Public Guardian. And, you know, if there are members of the family, like -- you know, the instance that you've explained, maybe the person that had passed away who was the public guardian and there's family, I woul

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chair. You know, I hear where the Member's coming from and I understand that there's many -- the clients that we do have in residential care facilities are very complex and, you know, however, we all wish that we would be able to have all the service to support peo