That same report by the Auditor General also critiqued the department's management of the drug benefits list. Medicinal marijuana is one of many ways in which veterans address their medical concerns. It was recommended by the Auditor General that the department look at creating a decision-making framework that would seek specific evidence for deciding which drugs to reimburse and for how much. It was also identified in the Auditor General's report that when they looked at a number situations where veterans were given drugs, there wasn't sufficient evidence as to how those drugs would be helpful to them in those situations. To me this sounds like a larger problem.
How would you say the department is now viewing the drug benefits list? How are they better managing it? Are you more or less relying on the due diligence of physicians prescribing these drugs or medicinal marijuana to give their patients the best medical advice that they need?