In a society where people are busy and have little time to care for themselves, pharmacists may have a larger role to play in helping…
At the 2016 Healthy Outcomes conference in June, Dr. Yoni Freedhoff, medical director of the Bariatric Medical Institute in Ottawa, told an audience of plan…
Organizations that have resilient employees are more likely to succeed in turbulent times, a University of Toronto professor told Benefits Canada’s Healthy Outcomes conference in…
Among the companies taking wellness issues to heart is Campbell Co. of Canada. The company began boosting its wellness programs in 2003 after receiving feedback…
The pharmaceutical company Mylan has been making headlines this week for hiking U.S. prices for EpiPens by 500 per cent. In 2007, two EpiPens cost…
The United Steelworkers is decrying a decision by the Ontario Superior Court to deny its bid to reinstate retiree benefits at U.S. Steel Canada. The…
With escalating drug costs and the strain of retiree benefits dragging down balance sheets, it’s no wonder employers are looking for creative ways to limit…
Sun Life Financial has appointed Rachel McNeill-Thompson as assistant vice-president of marketing and communications and Jean-Michel Lavoie as assistant vice-president of product development in its…
Was the government’s decision to restore eligibility for old-age security to age 65 the correct choice? Tabled in March, the federal budget cancelled provisions in…
Canadians are split on the main benefits of a proposed publicly-funded universal drug program, according to the Canadian Medical Association’s annual national report card on…
If you’re still trying to figure out how to submit a claim through a smartphone app, you may not want to hear this. There has…
Benefits Canada‘s most recent cover story looked at the hazy regulatory environment around medical marijuana and the uncertainty over whether group benefits plans should cover…
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Women’s Bureau has funneled $1.1 million U.S. in grants to research how paid leave programs can be developed across the country.…
U.S. employers expect total health-care costs to jump five per cent both this year and next year, research by Willis Towers Watson has found. That…
It has been more than a year since Jonathan Zaid won the right to have his medical marijuana prescription covered under his group benefits plan,…
With new drugs and emerging health trends putting pressure on benefits plans, companies are trying to get a handle on the impact on their bottom…
The trend away from defined benefit to defined contribution or hybrid pension plans has heightened the litigation risk for employers when it comes to the…
As part of efforts to tap into digital health startups, Sun Life Financial Inc. has announced the formation of a new business area called digital…
Despite contract language providing for post-retirement benefits, eight retirees of a Cornwall, Ont., manufacturing company are out of luck after an arbitrator ruled the company…
Canadian technology startup League has hired industry veteran Lori Casselman as its chief health officer. The Sun Life Financial Inc. executive will fill a new…
A new study from Aon Hewitt and the American Benefits Institute reported that 70 per cent of organizations have some form of corporate guidelines and…
New rules for senior citizens’ deductibles and copayments under the Ontario drug benefit program come into effect on Aug. 1. Until then, seniors with incomes…
Citing the “life and death matters” at stake, a lawyer for the union representing workers at U.S. Steel Canada was in court yesterday seeking to…
The digital innovations transforming health care in Canada carry huge implications for benefit plan sponsors and the people they serve. According to MaRS, one of…
Ontario is excluding certain higher-strength, long-acting opioids from the formulary for the Ontario Drug Benefit program, the Ministry for Health and Long-Term Care said in…