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The provincial health insurance plan in Prince Edward Island is known as Health PEI and it covers a variety of health services for PEI residents.
What Does Health PEI Cover?
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- Most services administered by a physician in a hospital, doctor’s office or patient’s home.
- Medically necessary services
- Obstetrical services, including newborn, pre- and post-natal care
- Medically required oral surgery that is performed by a physician in a hospital
- Male and female sterilization
- Certain insured specialist services when referred to by an attending physician
- Standard meals and accommodations in hospital
- Necessary nursing services
- Labs, X-rays, and diagnostic procedures
- Radiotherapy and physiotherapy
- Operating room, routine surgical supplies, and anesthetic facilities
What Doesn’t Health PEI Cover?
- Medical exams that are conducted by a third party
- Immunizations
- Artificial limbs, hearing aids, glasses, and other supplementary devices
- Audiologist, chiropodist, chiropractor, dietician, acupuncture, homeopath, naturopath, optometrist, physiotherapist, podiatrist, osteopath, psychologist, and dentist services
- Some prosthetic devices and crutches
- Dental extractions, unless the patient is medically required to be in hospital or unless there is prior approval
- Ambulance services
If you’re interested in purchasing supplementary health insurance to cover what Health PEI does not, please call us at 1-866-899-4849. For more information on Health PEI, please visit its website.