To receive New Brunswick’s health plan, Medicare, you must be a permanent resident of the province and not a student, tourist, or visitor.
What is Covered?
Most procedures preformed by a doctor in a doctor’s office or hospital
A limited amount of dental procedures that are medically needed and preformed in a hospital; however, extractions and dental work performed in a hospital are not covered, but the anesthesia may be covered
Hospital Services
Standard rooms and meals
Required nursing services
Drugs given in a hospital and surgical supplies
Diagnostic services, like labs and X-rays
Operating room, delivery room, and aesthetic services
Physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy
The New Brunswick Prescription Drug Plan
Though Medicare in New Brunswick doesn’t normally cover prescription drugs, it will provide payment assistance for certain eligible residents, including:
Seniors
Those with cystic fibrosis
Social development for those in adult residential facilities
Social development for all eligible residents
Children with special needs and children under the care of the Ministry of Social Development
Those with multiple sclerosis
Those who need human growth hormone
Those in need of an organ transplant
Those in nursing homes
What New Brunswick Medicare Doesn’t Cover
Ambulance services
Annual checkups
Regular dental services, including dentures
Prescription drugs
Exams requested by an outside source
If you’d like more information on New Brunswick’s Medicare, please visit its website. If you are looking to purchase supplemental insurance coverage for treatments not covered by the plan, please contact us at 1-866-899-4849.
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