Health Benefits
Chiropractic Care
- up to $20 per visit up to $300 per calendar year
- The provincial government no longer provides any coverage for chiropractic care
- for additional information please review the Group Insurance Benefits booklet
Dental
(Note: this is a summary, for complete details please view your benefits booklet)
Reimbursed up to $2,500 per person per calendar year, based on the previous year’s dental association fee guide , for preventative dental as follows:
- oral exams, office visits, emergency visits
- cleaning and polishing once every nine (9) months,
- topical fluoride once every nine (9) months
- x-rays
The following dental services are reimbursed at sixty-seven percent (67%) up to $2,500 per person per calendar year upon full completion of the dental work.
- crowns, inlays, onlays
- fixed bridgework
- partial and complete dentures
Orthodontic
The following services are reimbursed at sixty-seven percent (67%) up to $2,500 per person per lifetime
- observation, adjustment: oral examinations, bone survey, active applicances for tooth guidance or uncomplicated tooth movement, retention appliances
- comprehensive treament
Hearing Aids
- hearing aids and repairs, excluding batteries, are covered for up to $300/person in any five year period.
Massage Therapy
- up to 15 treatments per year to a maximum of $30 per visit
- for additional information please review the Group Insurance Benefits booklet
Vision Care
- contact lenses or eyeglasses, necessary for correction of vision, prescribed by an optometrist or opthalmologist, up to $350 (effective July 1, 2004) per adult every 24 months, and every 12 months for dependents under age 12, based on date of service
- eye examinations conducted by an optometrist, once every 24 consecutive months
- for additional information please review the Group Insurance Benefits booklet