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Flexcare® DrugPlusᵀᴹ Basic Plan
If you don't need dental coverage, you can save money with DrugPlusᵀᴹ Basic Plan. It provides essential drug, vision and extended health care coverage – without dental coverage - to help keep your costs in check.
DrugPlusᵀᴹ Basic Plan may be right for you if you use prescription drugs occasionally or regularly, and don't need to cover dental services.
View a Sample Policy as a reference that indicates limitations, exclusions and conditions.
Drugs
- 70% of first $750 and 90% of next $4,972 (up to $5,000 every year)
- Dispensing fee (no maximum)
Vision
- $250 every 2 years
- Optometrist fees up to $70 every 2 years
Extended Health Care
$250,000 over lifetime for registered specialists and therapists, orthotics, hearing aids, homecare, medical equipment and more (after government health plan maximums reached)
Survivor benefit
- Continued coverage with no premiums for 1 year after death of an insured adult
Registered specialists and therapists
- Acupuncturist – $25/visit x 20 visits
- Chiropractor – $25/visit x 20 visits plus $35 for chiropractic x-ray
- Naturopath – $25/visit x 20 visits
- Physiotherapist – up to $250
- Psychologist/Psychotherapist/Clinical Counsellor (combined) – $80/first visit or $65/subsequent visit x 15 visits
- Registered Massage Therapist – $25/visit x 20 visits
- Speech Pathologist/Therapist (combined) – $65/first visit or $45/subsequent visit x 10 visits
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More extended health care
- Orthotics (custom-made) – $225
- Hearing aids (purchase or repair) – $400 every 4 years
- Homecare and nursing – $4,000
- Prosthetic appliances (e.g., artificial joints and limbs) – $4,000
- Durable medical equipment (e.g., wheelchairs, ventilators and lifts) – $4,000
- Ambulance (air or ground) – unlimited
- Accidental dental - $2,000 maximum per person, per anniversary year
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- Live healthy
- Earn rewards
- Save money
Travel
- $5 million in emergency health coverage for first 9 days of each trip
- $100 deductible per claim
Add-On
- Hospital - Covers a semi-private or private hospital room
- Vision - Enhances plan coverage to $500 every three years
- Travel - Enhances plan coverage by 8 or 21 days
These plans may also work well for you.
DrugPlusᵀᴹ Enhanced Plan
Our most comprehensive DrugPlusᵀᴹ plan
ComboPlusᵀᴹ Basic Plan
Drug and dental coverage at a reasonable cost
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Top 5 questions about Flexcare®
If your claim form is complete and accurate, you will generally receive payment within six business days. When information is missing, we may have to return the claim form to you. This delays processing and payment.
First, check to see if your provider has already submitted your claim. Often, you don't have to submit a claim because many hospitals, pharmacies and dentists can submit your claim directly to us. There's no online form or paperwork for you, and you only pay the amount your plan doesn't cover.
If your provider hasn't already submitted your claim, you can submit your claim online or on paper by mail.
Submit your claim online:
- Within 12 months of the date you were charged
- After you've paid more than any deductible in your plan
- Specify the currency if your claim is for services outside Canada
- Hold onto original receipts and applicable supporting documentation for 12 months
Submit your claim on paper by mail:
- Within 12 months of the date you were charged
- After you've paid more than any deductible in your plan
- Specify the currency if your claim is for services outside Canada
- Include original receipts and applicable supporting documentation
- Make sure you've signed your claim form
- Extended health claim form – for all covered expenses except dental expenses
- Dental benefit claim form – must be completed by your dentist or dental specialist
For FlexCare Customers
If you're in Canada or the United States, call our Assistance Centre at 1-800-805-1008. Outside of Canada or the United States, call collect at 1-519-251-7298.
For Follow Me Customers
If you're in Canada or the United States, call our Assistance Centre at 1-855-857-5919. Outside of Canada or the United States, call collect at 1-519-251-1570.
Every province and territory has a different health insurance plan – check your health ministry's website for details – but most may not cover:
- Prescription drugs
- Dental checkups and treatment
- Vision care
- Semi-private or private hospital rooms
- Registered specialists and therapists such as Acupuncturists, Chiropodists, Chiropractors, Naturopaths, Osteopaths, Physiotherapists, Podiatrists, Psychologists/Psychotherapists, Registered Massage Therapists, Speech Pathologists/Therapists
- Health-related products such as orthotics, hearing aids, prosthetics and medical equipment
- Health-related services such as ambulance, homecare and nursing, medical coordination and second medical opinions
- Emergency medical care for travellers
Our health and dental plans that offer guaranteed acceptance, including the Flexcare® ComboPlusTM Starter Plan and all four FollowMeTM plans for people whose group benefits are ending, cover eligible pre-existing conditions and eligible current medications. Our other health and dental plans only cover new medications. Refer to your policy for more details.
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Flexcare® Plans Important Notice
This is not a contract. Actual terms and conditions are detailed in the policy issued by Manulife upon final application approval and payment of any required premium. Conditions, limitations, and exclusions apply. See policy for details.
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Eligibility and availability of rewards are not guaranteed and may change over time. Insurance provided by The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company.