The government of Ontario and the Ontario Public Service Employees Union have reached an agreement on post-retirement benefits for members of the OPSEU pension plan,…
Inflammatory bowel disease is on the rise, particularly among children. And at a cost to the Canadian economy of approximately $2.8 billion a year, early…
What are the best ways for plan sponsors to ensure the affordability of their drug plans while providing their employees with the medications they need?…
When she was in her early 30s, Dawn Richards had so much inflammation and pain in her hands that she couldn’t turn the key to…
The benefits industry is in a unique position to make a difference to Canada’s growing opioid crisis, according to Margaret Wurzer, senior manager of benefits…
With a complex approval process in Canada and new medications in rapid development, it’s important to look carefully at what a drug plan covers, according…
Biosimilar medicines present a significant opportunity to address the demands on drug benefit plans, the president of Biosimilars Canada told Benefits Canada’s Calgary Drug Trends…
As the debate continues over which drugs plan sponsors should cover, how do patients feel about biosimilars? According to survey data presented at Benefits Canada’s…
In the face of rising overall health premiums, how can plan sponsors ensure the sustainability of their benefit plans? “It’s not just about drugs,” says…
KPMG has opened its annual flexible benefits enrolment window for the coming year and is encouraging employees to actively make selections for their 2017 coverage.…
Fresh on the heels of Shoppers Drug Mart and Loblaw Companies Ltd. making a formal bid to dispense medical marijuana, most Canadians are giving the…
There’s no doubt awareness of gender identity has come a long way in 2016, a trend Canadian benefit plans are starting to see. Compared to previous…
A year and a half ago, Roberta Hardern of St. Albert, Alta., travelled to Los Algodones, Mexico, for dental work. The neighbouring town of Yuma,…
When 3sHealth wanted to look at its dental plan design, prescription drug deductibles and the impact of new benefit enhancements, the first step was to…
Amendments to Quebec’s Bill 92 could reduce how much private insurers spend on dispensing fees by requiring pharmacists to detail which service corresponds to which fee on…
After months, and even years, of buildup and anticipating, Republican nominee Donald Trump is the next president of the United States. Looking at his platform,…
Today’s health benefits plans are under pressure. Our labour force is changing. Based on data compiled in 2015 by Statistics Canada, 46 per cent of…
Costs for expensive and recurring drug treatments increased by about 22 per cent between 2014 to 2015, according to new data published by the Canadian…
At the end of October, a City of Toronto audit committee meeting revealed that the city has four times the occurrence of claims for erectile…
Reducing the number of blood glucose test strips for Type 2 diabetes patients not using insulin saved Ontario $24 million in one year without a…
The new contract ratified yesterday between Ford Motors Company and Unifor includes a move from a hybrid pension plan to a defined contribution plan for…
The City of Toronto has four times the occurrence of claims for erectile dysfunction drugs than other employers with benefits plans provided by Manulife Financial,…
Thirty minutes after its midnight deadline, Ford Motors Company and Unifor reached a tentative agreement that reinforces the economic pattern established with General Motors of…
Many of IBM’s U.S. employees will soon be able to access extra advice for oncology diagnoses and treatments through a new employee benefit. IBM has…
The Canadian public health-care system is among the most expensive among Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries as well as the least efficient, according to a…