Common use of WHO IS ELIGIBLE? Clause in Contracts

WHO IS ELIGIBLE?. If you are a full-time or part-time Nurse who retires on or after January 1, 2000 you are eligible, provided you are enrolled in the active Nurse benefits (extended health care, dental) package prior to retirement. You must retire from the Region prior to age sixty-five (65) and elect to receive an OMERS pension on retirement. Your benefits class (i.e. Single, Family) at retirement shall be the same as when you were active. If you do not choose to take benefits on retirement, you cannot apply for them at a later date. Benefits continue until the end of the month in which you turn age sixty- five (65). Premiums for extended health care and dental coverage are fully paid by the Region. WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS? Extended Health Care ▪ Vision Care One hundred and fifty dollars ($150) every twenty-four (24) months. ▪ No semi-private hospital coverage (xxxx only) ▪ Diagnostic Services Laboratory and x-ray services performed in a hospital are covered. ▪ Medical Services Ambulance, medical equipment and dressings will be covered. ▪ Drugs based on Ontario Drug Benefit Plan will be eligible, plus Life Sustaining Drugs with no overall maximum. The co-insurance on the drugs is eighty percent (80%) to two thousand dollars ($2,000), then one hundred percent (100%). ▪ Prescription Drug Dispensing Fee will be capped at five dollars ($5.00) and any amount over that will be the responsibility of the Nurse. ▪ Private duty nursing is covered, to a maximum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) per year.

WHO IS ELIGIBLE?. If you are a full-time or part-time Nurse who retires on or after January 1, 2000 you are eligible, provided you are enrolled in the active Nurse benefits (extended health care, dental) package prior to retirement. You must retire from the Region prior to age sixty-five (65) and elect to receive an OMERS pension on retirement. Your benefits class (i.e. Single, Family) at retirement shall be the same as when you were active. If you do not choose to take benefits on retirement, you cannot apply for them at a later date. Benefits continue until the end of the month in which you turn age sixty- sixty-five (65). Premiums for extended health care and dental coverage are fully paid by the Region. WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS? Extended Health Care ▪ Vision Care One hundred and fifty dollars ($150) every twenty-four (24) months. ▪ No semi-private hospital coverage (xxxx only) ▪ Diagnostic Services Laboratory and x-ray services performed in a hospital are covered. ▪ Medical Services Ambulance, medical equipment and dressings will be covered. ▪ Drugs based on Ontario Drug Benefit Plan will be eligible, plus Life Sustaining Drugs with no overall maximum. The co-insurance on the drugs is eighty percent (80%) to two thousand dollars ($2,000), then one hundred percent (100%). ▪ Prescription Drug Dispensing Fee will be capped at five dollars ($5.00) and any amount over that will be the responsibility of the Nurse. ▪ Private duty nursing is covered, to a maximum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) per year.