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Veterans Affairs committee Well, we looked at the total of what we spent on medications per year.
November 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Dr. Cyd Courchesne
Veterans Affairs committee We do.
November 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Dr. Cyd Courchesne
Veterans Affairs committee I can't right now.
November 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Dr. Cyd Courchesne
Veterans Affairs committee Well, it's more, because people take way more medication than they use cannabis.
November 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Dr. Cyd Courchesne
Veterans Affairs committee As I mentioned to your colleague here, we did look at that. We did not see a decrease.
November 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Dr. Cyd Courchesne
Veterans Affairs committee Yes, but all pharmaceuticals are not all for mental health problems, so we—
November 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Dr. Cyd Courchesne
Veterans Affairs committee Well, it's difficult because, again, we're not a health care system. These are not patients we follow, who we have any—
November 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Dr. Cyd Courchesne
November 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Dr. Cyd Courchesne
Veterans Affairs committee Well, we could get that information from Blue Cross, because they're the ones who collect all the.... There are more than a handful. We have 8,000 people who are receiving authorizations from their physicians.
November 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Dr. Cyd Courchesne
Veterans Affairs committee Right, every doctor in Canada can give authorizations. If you have an MD or if you're a nurse practitioner with that scope of practice in your province, you can provide that, so the list would be very—
November 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Dr. Cyd Courchesne
Veterans Affairs committee Absolutely.
November 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Dr. Cyd Courchesne
Veterans Affairs committee Well, any specialist can authorize.
November 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Dr. Cyd Courchesne
Veterans Affairs committee Our policy is to reimburse. My main concern is the well-being and the safety of the veterans.
November 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Dr. Cyd Courchesne
Veterans Affairs committee When there is a substance that has no proven effect—
November 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Dr. Cyd Courchesne
November 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Dr. Cyd Courchesne