Benefits include partial or 100 per cent coverage of the following benefits:

• Medical surgical supplies/equipment: The plan may provide walking aids, hand inhalers, artificial eyes and limbs, respiratory equipment, commodes and manual wheelchairs.
• Hearing aids: One hearing aid or a replacement hearing aid is allowed in four-year period. Repair and adjustment of hearing aids is allowed once every six months. Batteries are not covered.
• Dental care: The plan may pay for dentures or rebases once in a five-year period. Coverage is limited to $1,400 in any two-year period. If you present your Pharmacare card to the dentist, they will submit the bill directly to the health care plan for payment.

You will be required to pay any amount exceeding the $1400 limit. If you require high cost procedures you should sign an application form and have the dental clinic submit it to the Pharmacare program for prior approval.

• Eye examinations and glasses: The plan may pay for one eye examination, new lenses and a maximum of $100.00 toward the purchase of frames once every two years. Benefits do not include the repair of glasses. The purchase of tinted or contact lenses is not covered.

You will be charged directly for the cost of drugs if you do not have the card with you when making a purchase. The program may refund this amount but you must submit the original receipt.