Small business owners in Nova Scotia will likely be saving money on their prescription drug costs this year.
In 1977 the Benefits Canada tree was planted in the industry.
You have to hand it to Don Drummond and his team—they pulled no punches in their report from the Commission on the Reform of Ontario’s Public Services last week.
The state of healthcare in Canada is in flux. As the economy forces companies to do more, bill less and accept more risk, the need to control costs has never been greater.
Generic drugs just got less expensive for the 200,000 Nova Scotians enrolled in the Pharmacare program, however employers shouldn’t expect to see any reductions in their drug costs. The provinces Fair Drug Pricing Act (a stand-alone act to oversee the public drug plans, which accounted for about $300 million in spending last year) went into […]
A Mercer communiqué outlines the latest developments in British Columbia’s efforts to rein in the cost of generic drugs. Its message for plan sponsors with employees in that province: don’t hold your breath waiting for savings. British Columbia Health Services Minister Kevin Falcon announced on July 9, 2010 the signing of the Pharmacy Services Agreement […]
The Stats Canadian workers stressed out A recent survey by global recruitment firm Kelly Services reveals that Canadian workers are the second-most stressed-out group in the world—just behind Japanese employees. Workers around the world experience job stress differently: 19% said their job was adversely affecting their health 13% were losing sleep over their jobs 33% […]
This year has seen a shift in how employers are looking at group benefits legislation and plan design. When Bob Dylan wrote the classic folk tune, “The Times They Are A-Changin’,” he spoke of a period of rapid social and economic change. Forty years later, Atlantic Canada is undergoing big changes of its own. Years […]
British Columbia’s Minister of Finance, Colin Hansen, discusses retirement savings, healthcare issues and workforce challenges in the province. What solutions are in place to help B.C. attract and retain skilled workers? We are looking at population segments that are under-represented in our workforce. We see that new immigrants are not working to their levels of […]
Cost trends and containment strategies for private drug plans in Canada to help foster consumerism in healthcare. There’s no doubt about it: we’re living in a new era. In Canada, total prescription drug spending increased by more than 600% over the last 22 years. Prescription drugs have changed, spending has changed and employer-sponsored drug benefits […]