Thank you, Chair.
Thank you to all the witnesses for coming back. I am new to the dance and I wasn't here when you were here the last time. I appreciate your testimony.
I really want to come up with an answer that will address the gap of the 12% that the parliamentary budget officer has indicated are people who today can't get prescription drugs, either because they have no coverage or they have an inability to pay. When we selected Quebec for the costing model, it was because that was thought to be the Cadillac.
I'm a bit disturbed to hear the testimony from Monsieur Gagnon that in Quebec 8.8% of adults are not able to fill their prescriptions due to finance, because when I compare that to the 12% who were without coverage. the gap that we were trying to fix, it means we're only fixing a third of the problem.
Do you have information about why they can't pay? Is it the copayment? Is it deductions? Is it a combination, or some other factor?