I think if we're not moving to a needs-based principle right away, then somehow trying to simplify the table of eligibility would help.
To be very specific, for the spousal benefit for the VIP I don't see a reason to wait to do away with that restriction, which is that you have to have been enrolled in the program from 1981 before a spouse can become eligible on the death of the recipient. I think there is general widespread agreement that is a good thing to do. It's going to take some money, but I don't see why that couldn't happen in advance of the completion of the review.
I also think health promotion is very good business in the sense that it's really quite well established now that a number of health promotion interventions are very low cost, and if more veterans were referred to health promotion interventions that already exist in the community there would be long-range cost savings in the sense of keeping people healthier longer.
We would really advocate that eventually, as soon as possible, a strong evidence base be used. There are a lot of health promotion interventions that are sort of people's favourites and they may or may not work, but it's not really established exactly the extent to which they work.
On the other hand there are a number of programs that work very well and have been shown to work very well. We call these evidence-based programs. A turn towards those programs would be useful as well.