Medical Services and Extended Health. Medical and Surgical benefits through the Medical Services Plan of B.C.; • Direct Pay Drug Card (Blue Net Card); • Extended Health Benefit – Lifetime limit $1,000,000. In addition to current coverage Extended Health Benefit coverage shall include: ➢ Effective the first of the month following July 31, 2013 the Vision Care coverage level shall be increased from four hundred dollars ($400) every two (2) years to five hundred dollars ($500) every two (2) years. ➢ Hearing aids option up to $500.00 per family member. ➢ Eye examinations for each Employee and dependents to a maximum of one hundred dollars ($100.00) every two years. ➢ Prosthetics – no limit except wigs, hair pieces and two (2) brassieres five hundred ($500.00) lifetime. ➢ Current out of province coverage of eligible expenses. • Group Life Insurance All Employees shall, following completion of their probation period, participate in the Group Life Insurance Plan, as a condition of continued employment. Each participating Employee shall have basic life insurance coverage in the greater amount of $90,000 or two times (2X) such Employee’s annual salary, rounded upwards to the next higher thousand, and accidental death and dismemberment coverage as defined in the Plan. The Employer shall pay one hundred percent (100%) of the cost of the premium of the basic group life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment coverage. However, all premiums for any optional benefits shall be borne solely by the Employee.
