prescription – Benefits Canada.com https://www.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Mon, 06 May 2024 21:19:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 Plan sponsors, members embracing virtual health-care services: survey https://www.benefitscanada.com/benefits/health-benefits/plan-sponsors-members-embracing-virtual-health-care-services-survey/ Thu, 28 Oct 2021 13:00:53 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=110406 Roughly two-fifths (41 per cent) of plan sponsors reported offering virtual health-care services through their benefits plan, according to the 2021 Benefits Canada Healthcare Survey. Among these plan sponsors, 33 per cent said they paid extra to add virtual care to their plan, while 67 per cent said it was part of their standard plan at […]

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]]> Possible national pharmacare program has pros, cons for employers: experts https://www.benefitscanada.com/benefits/health-benefits/possible-national-pharmacare-program-has-pros-cons-for-employers-experts/ Wed, 18 Aug 2021 13:00:51 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=105876 Discussion around implementing a national universal pharmacare strategy is growing louder ahead of next month’s federal election. In its 2019 budget, the federal government said it would work with partners to move forward on a national pharmacare program, including the creation of a new national drug agency and formulary, as well as a national strategy for […]

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]]> CLHIA calling for increased access to VPLAs, prescription drugs https://www.benefitscanada.com/pensions/governance-law/clhia-calling-for-increased-access-to-vplas-prescription-drugs/ Mon, 09 Aug 2021 19:00:32 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=105272 The Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association is calling on the federal government to permit standalone variable payment life annuities to pool participants from all registered retirement plans. In its 2022 federal budget submission, the CLHIA said VPLAs, as enacted, will only be available to members of very large defined contribution pension plans, excluding Canadians […]

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]]> Vale mine workers ending strike after winning pension, benefits increases https://www.benefitscanada.com/pensions/defined-benefit-pensions/vale-mine-workers-ending-strike-after-winning-benefits-pension-increases/ Mon, 09 Aug 2021 13:00:19 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=105230 The first strike at Vale Canada in more than a decade is drawing to a close after unionized workers at the Sudbury, Ont., mine ratified a collective agreement that includes improved pension and health benefits. Through the agreement — which expires May 31, 2026 — the monthly pre-age 65 defined benefit pension will increase by $50 to […]

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]]> CLHIA opening government-affairs office for Western Canada https://www.benefitscanada.com/benefits/benefits-other/clhia-opening-government-affairs-office-for-western-canada/ Tue, 02 Mar 2021 05:00:43 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=94964 The Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association is opening a government-affairs office serving Western Canada. The Calgary-based office will support the CLHIA’s members operating in the west and work with provincial and territorial governments and other regional stakeholders, according to a press release. The office is the association’s first permanent operation west of Toronto and will […]

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