This is clearly the case. The cost per CF member is much lower than the national average. We're talking about $800 as the national average, compared to $375 for members. As you said, our population is generally healthier. It's also younger. So they aren't big users of medication.
However, biologics are putting pressure on our drug plan. Even though the population is healthy, many health problems are being treated with extremely costly biologics. But these individuals are entirely functional as CF members. The share of our budget currently allocated to these drugs is 15%.
The other drugs that are extremely costly, which my colleague talked about earlier, are for treating rare diseases. Since they are less frequent in the Canadian Forces, it affects us a little less.