Obviously, treating people with rare diseases is hugely important, and I think the system has other areas that need to be focused on to find efficiencies.
In Ontario, there's a major initiative currently looking at the high users in the system, not those who have true needs but those who just use the system a lot. The numbers are staggering. Upwards of 80% of our resources are consumed by 5% of the population. So it's not looking at the people who need it; it's looking at those who are using the system and don't need it.
Part of the challenge for us is that because we don't have technology and information systems that connect primary care with hospitals and with community, these people are falling through the cracks.
If we can focus on that population, we can free up a lot of money to ensure that the people who truly need it have it on a go forward basis. That requires political fortitude, because you're telling people that they've used the system, but they have used it inappropriately.