The provincial government is being asked to fix the Northern Health Travel Grant.
NDP critic Gilles Bisson says it’s taking too long to get reimbursed for medically necessary travel in this region.
Thunder Bay-Atikokan MPP Judith Monteith-Farrell has drafted a private members bill calling on the government to set up an advisory committee to look at ways speeding up travel grant system.
Minister of Long Term Care, Merrillee Fullerton says a review of the Northern Health Travel Grant system is currently being carried out, with the goal of having checks processed within six weeks.
