Trillium – Benefits Canada.com https://www.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Wed, 08 May 2024 20:56:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 Ontario Trillium program sees rise in young users, spend on high-cost drugs https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/ontarios-trillium-program-sees-rise-in-young-users-spend-on-high-cost-drugs-study/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/ontarios-trillium-program-sees-rise-in-young-users-spend-on-high-cost-drugs-study/#respond Tue, 27 Mar 2018 12:30:54 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/ontarios-trillium-program-sees-rise-in-young-users-spend-on-high-cost-drugs-study/ The number of Ontarians using the Trillium drug program increased threefold between the beginning of 2000 and the end of 2016, according to a new study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. Between 2000 and 2015, the number of overall Trillium recipients increased 176,299 from 55,571. During the same time frame, the proportion of plan beneficiaries […]

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/ontarios-trillium-program-sees-rise-in-young-users-spend-on-high-cost-drugs-study/feed/ 0 The impact of Ontario’s public drug program changes on private plans https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/assessing-the-impact-of-ontarios-public-drug-program-changes-on-private-plans/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/assessing-the-impact-of-ontarios-public-drug-program-changes-on-private-plans/#respond Tue, 05 Sep 2017 04:52:14 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/assessing-the-impact-of-ontarios-public-drug-program-changes-on-private-plans/ It has been a busy period for changes to public drug programs in Ontario, as the provincial government has been working on policies with the potential to offer savings to private benefits plans: pharmacare coverage for people under the age of 25 and upgrades to the Trillium drug program for people with high drug costs. […]

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