Standard Extended Health Benefit Plan a. The standard extended health benefit plan as provided by the current insurance carrier will be implemented.
b. Incorporate the co-insurance rate for hospitalization into the Extended Health Benefit Coverage to a maximum of $8.50 per day.
c. The Plan will be amended to provide payment up to a maximum of $400.00 per person, effective on the date of ratification, in any twenty- four (24) consecutive month period, for charges incurred relative to the purchase of lenses and frames or contact lenses when prescribed by a person legally qualified to make such prescription; provided, however, that if the eyeglasses are for an employee for use while working in a mill they must be safety lenses and frames. It is agreed that this payment, or any portion thereof, may also be applied to Eye Exam and laser surgery procedures.
d. Effective on the date of ratification the maximum amount of benefits payable for any one member or dependent will be increased to $300,000. When, in the opinion of the attending physician and attending specialist, a medical procedure is required that is not available in B.C., and is one for which the Medical Services Plan of B.C. will accept financial responsibility, the cost of travel and accommodation to the limits specified below will be paid for by the Plan. Where the attending physician specified that an attendant is required, the travel and accommodation expenses for such person will be paid to the limit specified. The maximum limit under any one claim will be the return economy airfare or equivalent for patient and attendant, plus accommodation expenses up to a maximum of $1500. Receipts will be required and forwarded on the claim form prescribed by the carrier. This benefit will not stack on top of or duplicate existing provisions under local medical travel benefit or government plans.
Standard Extended Health Benefit Plan a. The standard extended health benefit plan as provided by the current insurance carrier will be implemented.
b. Incorporate the co-insurance rate for hospitalization into the Extended Health Benefit Coverage to a maximum of $8.50 per day.
c. The Plan will be amended to provide payment up to a maximum of four hundred and fifty ($450.00) dollars per person, effective on the date of ratification, in any twenty-four (24) consecutive month period, for charges incurred relative to the purchase of lenses and frames or contact lenses when prescribed by a person legally qualified to make such prescription; provided, however, that if the eyeglasses are for an employee for use while working in a mill they must be safety lenses and frames. It is agreed that this payment, or any portion thereof, may also be applied to Eye Exam and laser surgery procedures.
d. Effective on the date of ratification the maximum amount of benefits payable for any one member or dependent will be increased to $300,000.
e. Paramedical Pooling – Licenced physiotherapist, licenced massage therapists, licensed naturopaths, licenced occupational therapists, and licenced chiropractors – up to a combined maximum of five hundred ($500.00) dollars per person in a benefit year.
f. hearing aids prescribed by an ear, nose and throat specialist, up to a maximum of six hundred ($600.00) dollars per person over a period of two (2) years. Repairs, batteries and recharging device are included in this maximum.
g. Increase in orthotics maximum to three hundred ($300.00) dollars per person in the benefit year.
h. Increase in deductible to sixty ($60.00) dollars each calendar year per person or family. Out of Province Travel Plan When, in the opinion of the attending physician and attending specialist, a medical procedure is required that is not available in B.C., and is one for which the Medical Services Plan of B.C. will accept financial responsibility, the cost of travel and accommodation to the limits specified below will be paid for by the Plan. Where the attending physician specified that an attendant is required, the travel and accommodation expenses for such person will be paid to the limit specified. The maximum limit under any one claim will be the return economy airfare or equivalent for patient and attendant, plus accommodation expenses up to a maximum of $1,500.00. Receipts will be required and forwarded on the claim form prescribed by the carrier. This benefit will not stack on top of or duplicat...
Standard Extended Health Benefit Plan. The Extended Health Plan will be reimbursed at generic drug levels. The maximum vision care benefit will be three hundred dollars ($300.00) every two
Standard Extended Health Benefit Plan i) The standard extended health benefit plan as provided by Medical Services Association as at September 1, 1981, will be implemented as outlined in “Your Group Benefits” dated September 1, 1995 (as attached).
ii) Incorporate the co-insurance rate for hospitalization into the Extended Health Benefit Coverage to a maximum of $8.50 per day.
iii) The Plan will be amended to provide payment up to a maximum of $125.00 for employees and eligible dependents in any 24 consecutive month period, for charges incurred relative to the purchase of lenses and frames or contact lenses when prescribed by a person legally qualified to make such prescription; provided, however, that if the eyeglasses are for an employee for use while working in a mill they must be safety lenses and frames.
iv) Life time maximum coverage - $100,000.
