Active employees

 

Benefit summary


This is only a summary of your PSGIP benefits. It does not describe all the details, such as applicable maximums and exclusions. Certain limitations and conditions apply.

Health benefits

Dental benefits

Disability benefits
Travel benefits
Death benefits
Health benefits
Ambulance
100% of the first $50 of eligible expenses per person, per calendar year, and 80% of any excess
Drugs
80% of the first $150 of eligible expenses per drug requiring a prescription, and 100% of any excess
Hospital
100% of the difference between ward and semiprivate room
80% of the difference between semiprivate room and private room
Medical services/
equipment
80%
Paramedical services
All paramedical services except massage therapy: up to 20 visits per type of practitioner (6 visits for social workers) per calendar year, to a maximum reimbursement of $800 per calendar year for all practitioners combined
Massage therapy: 80%, subject to a maximum reimbursement of $240 per calendar year
Vision care
Eye exams: 80%, once every 2 calendar years (every calendar year for persons under 18)
Eyeglasses or contact lenses: 80%, subject to a maximum reimbursement of $160 every 2 calendar years (every calendar year for persons under 18)

Additional benefits may be payable in the event of accidental injury. Also, certain health care expenses are not covered.

Dental benefits
Option 1
80% for basic services only
Option 2
80% for basic services
50% for major services (max. $1,000 per person per calendar year)
50% for orthodontics for you and your dependents (lifetime max. $3,000 per person)
Examples of eligible expenses
Basic services Major services
Routine check-ups
Fillings
Teeth polishing/cleaning
Root canal therapy
Dentures
Crowns
Bridges
Inlays/onlays

Certain conditions and limitations apply. Also, certain dental expenses are not covered.

Disability benefits

Benefit equal to 70% of your monthly earnings, indexed annually, to a maximum of $6,000 per month.

Long-term disability benefits may be reduced or not payable in certain cases.

In addition to your PSGIP coverage, you can also benefit from an early intervention program for ill or injured employees, offered by a professional in the Wellness Works Program.

Travel benefits

Coverage of up to $1 million per emergency above what your provincial plan pays.

Examples of eligible expenses and services
Reimbursement
at 100%
Reimbursement at the
same level as in Canada
Hospitalization
Physician services
Referrals
Return home airfare
Return of vehicle
Living expenses for travelling companion
Arrangements for direct payment for physicians’ services, hospitalization,
and other insured services
Prescription drugs
Wheelchairs
Crutches
Other eligible expenses under the plan’s health coverage

Certain travel expenses are not covered.

Death benefits
  Natural death Accidental death
Your death
Basic coverage:
Full-time employees: 3 x your annual earnings, to a maximum of $300,000, with certain exceptions
Part-time Civil Service employees: 2 x your annual earnings; minimum $25,000 and maximum $175,000
Permanent part-time CUPE employees: $40,000
Permanent part-time UPSE and IUOE employees, Excluded, and Non-Union, Non-Excluded employees: $40,000
Permanent part-time PEINU employees: $100,000
Part-time UPSE employees covered before June 1, 1996:
2 x employment guarantee; minimum $25,000 and maximum $175,000
PLUS
Optional life insurance coverage of up to $300,000, in units of $10,000
Same amounts as for natural death
PLUS
Basic accidental death coverage equal to your basic life insurance coverage
PLUS
Optional accidental death coverage of up to $300,000, in units of $10,000
Spouse's death
$4,000, except for certain UPSE employees
PLUS
Optional life insurance coverage of up to $300,000, in units of $10,000
Same amounts as for natural death
PLUS
Optional accidental death coverage equal to 50% of your optional accidental death coverage (60% if you have no dependent children)
Dependent child's
death
$3,500
PLUS
Optional life insurance coverage of $10,000
Same amounts as for natural death
PLUS
Optional accidental death coverage equal to 15% of your optional accidental death coverage if you have a spouse (20% otherwise; maximum $20,000 per child)

November 2011