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Health Canada Special Access Program

Health Canada Special Access Program This program allows health care practitioners to request drugs that are currently unavailable for sale in Canada. They are allowed to apply on behalf of patients with serious or life-threatening conditions when conventional therapies. The Special Access Programme (SAP) provides access to nonmarketed drugs for practitioners treating patients with serious [...]

Veterans Affairs Canada

Eligibility Veterans’ Affairs Canada provides health benefits for two groups. Group A clients These individuals can use their card to receive approved benefits directly related to a condition which has VAC disability entitlement. With an entitled condition and a VAC disability entitlement, individuals can qualify as a veteran or civilian, including retired CF or RCMP [...]

Health Disability and Taxes

When filing your federal tax returns, there are some credits/deductions relating to health and disability expenses. To ensure you are filing these lines accurately, please check your returns with an income tax specialist. The Canada Revenue Agency runs free, volunteer-run tax clinics in many cities in Canada; some are year-round, while some only operate between [...]

First Nations & Inuit NIHB

Eligibility To receive NIHB, the individual must be identified as a Canadian resident, and either: a registered Indian according to the Indian Act, an Inuk recognised by one of the Inuit Land Claim organizations, or an infant less than one year of age, whose parent is eligible. Recipients who are eligible for private health care [...]

Federal Programs

The Government of Canada, through various programs, provides prescription drug coverage for about one million Canadians who are members of the following eligible groups: First Nations and Inuit inmates in federal penitentiaries members of the Canadian Forces veterans of the Canadian Forces and RCMP civilian members of the RCMP police members of the RCMP The [...]