If you’re not covered by a company health plan, Blue Choice is the cost-effective way to ensure you’re protected. It provides coverage that compliments your provincial health plan, with a wide range of extended health care benefits like vision care, hearing aids, nursing care, dental, prescription drugs and hospital coverage at an affordable monthly premium.
Benefits based on a yearly schedule commencing from the effective date of your policy.
Coverage for residents of Ontario only. Limitations may apply, see contract for details.
All Blue Choice contracts with Core Health Benefits include the following:
Blue Cross Assistance Program
We are pleased to provide our clients with the Blue Cross Assistance Program. This new program includes Health Consulting and Support Services, Information and Prevention Services, and Partner privileges and discounts.
When you enroll in a health plan from Ontario Blue Cross, you automatically have access to these services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Our staff will provide you with:
• Access to a Registered Nurse to answer your questions and provide advice and guidance on your health related questions
• Home Support Services following a hospital stay
• Referrals to specialists and health organizations in your area
• and much more
Blue Cross Assistance offers exclusive benefits with our health care partners and as part of this essential program, you also have access to quality services at discounted rates through Ontario Blue Cross partnerships.
Upon enrollment, all customers will receive a booklet detailing the benefits of this exciting new program along with an Assistance Program card. Simply present your card, and enjoy quality products and services at a preferred rate.
Blue Cross Assistance. Another unique and valuable feature added to your health care plan.
Extended Health Care
(The following benefits are reimbursed at 80%, up to specified maximum. Amounts refer to each covered person.)
- Hearing Aids (3 month waiting period) – up to $300 every 5 calendar years
- Orthopaedic shoes up to $175 per calendar year
- Accidental Dental – up to $2,000 per calendar year
- Medical Equipment and Supplies – up to $2,500 per calendar year
- Nursing Care – up to $2,500 per calendar year
- Ambulance Services – amount not covered by OHIP
- 24-hour Toll-Free Health Assistance Hotline
(The following benefits are reimbursed at 100%, up to specified maximum. Amounts refer to each covered person.)
- Vision Care (3 month waiting period) – up to $150 every 2 calendar years
- Emergency Out-of-Province Travel Coverage – up to $5 million (available up to age 75)
Registered Therapists and Specialists
Costs and number of appointments vary for visits to an Acupuncturist, Chiropodist, Chiropractor, Massage Therapist, Naturopath, Osteopath, Physiotherapist, Podiatrist, Psychologist and Speech therapist.
Let us continue with the sinking ship analogy. A nasty pirate – call him Blue Beard of the Cross and Shield Clan – seized a ship by stupidly cutting a hole in it’s hull below the water line, the better to get aboard and start stealing from the passengers. He soon realizes his mistake as the ship starts listing. So he orders his hostages to start bailing with their hands. When that doesn’t seem to stop the sinking, Blue starts throwing passengers over board. Now at first, he tries to be reasonable about who he murders – tossing into the drink only those who have the most serious preexisting health problems, reasoning that they’ll die soon anyway. But soon he becomes more desperate and less discerning, and more and more hostages drown by the hands of his thugs. Now the government, which is very cowed by Blue, pleads with him to stop drowning passengers and offers to give him a 900 gallon an hour hydraulic pump to enable him to keep the ship afloat without throwing anyone else into the shark infested waters. Blue takes the pump in exhange for some vague promises regarding hostage welfare, but by that time the hole is taking on water at 850 gallons an hour and, even worse, it’s increasing in size and the amount of water flooding through it is increasing by 11% each hour.
Now, substitute gallons with billions of dollars and hours with years, and you’ve pretty much have our nation’ healthcare system. Oh, and the ship can only take on about 1500 gallons until it sinks.