Hospitalization

100% reimbursement (no deductible) of expenses for semi-private room accommodation:

• In a hospital for short-term medical care, unlimited number of days
• In a public or private convalescent home, or in a rehabilitation centre, combined maximum of 90 days per year
• Compensation of $25 per day of hospitalization from the 4th to 18th day inclusive, if you have to stay in a ward due to the unavailability of a private or semi-private room.

Diagnostic Services

80% reimbursement, after the annual deductible of $50, of the following eligible expenses:

• laboratory tests : blood and urine tests, throat culture and cytology
• Scanner (CT scans), up to $250 per calendar year
• magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), up to $675 per calendar year
• ultrasound, up to $100 per calendar year
• polysomnography, up to $500 per period of 24 months
• home nursing care by a registered nurse, up to 20 8-hour periods, maximum 160 hours per calendar year
• purchase or rental of non-motorized wheelchair or manual hospital bed
• emergency ambulance transportation (for people under the age of 65)

Hospitalization

100% reimbursement (no deductible) of expenses for semi-private room accommodation:

• In a hospital for short-term medical care, unlimited number of days
• In a public or private convalescent home, or in a rehabilitation centre, combined maximum of 90 days per year
• Compensation of $25 per day of hospitalization from the 4th to 18th day inclusive, if you have to stay in a ward due to the unavailability of a private or semi-private room.

Extended Health Care

Covers eligible expenses, subject to a lifetime maximum of $15,000 per insured person.
100% reimbursement (no deductible) of the following expenses due to illness or injury:
Professional health services
Medical recommendation not required for the following professional services:

• Acupuncturist, audiologist or audioprosthetist, naturopath, occupational therapist, osteopath, physiotherapist or rehabilitation therapist,
  $25 per visit, maximum 20 visits per calendar year, per specialist
• Chiropractor or podiatrist, $25 per visit, combined maximum of 20 visits per calendar year,
  chiropractor’s X-rays, up to $25 per calendar year

Eye care

• Glasses or contact lenses or soft intraocular lenses following a cataract surgery, maximum $200 per period of 36 consecutive months

80% reimbursement (annual deductible of $50) of the following eligible medical and paramedical expenses:
Private clinic exams

• Scanner (CT scans), up to $250 per calendar year
• Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), up to $675 per calendar year
• Ultrasound, up to $100 per calendar year.
• Polysomnography, up to $500 per period of 24 months.

Private accommodation in a hospital, for short-term medical care
Laboratory tests

• Blood and urine tests, throat culture and cytology

Registered nurse for in-home nursing care

• Maximum 20 8-hour periods, maximum 160 hours per calendar year

Various medical devices and accessories

• Devices and accessories for ostomy patients
• Syringes, needles, and reagent strips for diabetics
• Purchase or rental of a manual hospital bed, non-motorized wheelchair, and respiration therapy equipment
• Accessories such as walkers, canes, crutches, hernia straps, and oxygen supply, etc.
• Elastic stockings, up to $100 per calendar year

Prostheses and accessories

• Purchase and repair of auditory prostheses, up to $500 per period of 36 consecutive months
• Purchase of a mammary prosthesis, up to $150 per calendar year
• Purchase of a first capillary prosthesis following chemotherapy, up to $300 of eligible expenses
• Purchase and adjustment of orthopaedic shoes or podiatric ortheses, up to $200 per calendar year

Dental care following an accident, up to $1,000 per accident, per insured
Medical questionnaire filled by your physician to obtain Blue Cross travel insurance, up to $75 per calendar year
For people under 65:

• eye exam, up to $50 per period of 24 consecutive months
• emergency ambulance transportation