Extended Health Care Benefits
The benefits that encompass Extended Health Care are likely the benefits that your employees will use most often.
EHC benefits often include the following:
- Prescription drugs
- Hospital/ambulance coverage
- Paramedical practitioner services (massage therapy, chiropractic services)
- Medical supplies & services (diabetic supplies, crutches & casts, rental of major medical equipment, orthotics)
- Vision care
- Hearing aids
- Private duty nursing (for care of terminal illness)
- Accidental dental
- Out of country emergency travel assistance (to help in the event of an unforeseen accident or illness while traveling outside of Canada)
