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Dental and Pharmacare
Health and drug benefit programs that provide services like dental care, prescription coverage, chronic disease support, mental health treatment, and public health services such as vision, hearing, and smoking cessation.
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Provides financial assistance to eligible individuals and families to help pay for basic needs. A financial need is when basic needs cost more than income.
Basic Needs:
Note: Social Assistance will ask clients to have looked into all possible ways to receive money. For example, Employment Insurance (EI) or Canada Pension Plan (CPP).
Basic Needs:
- Food
- Clothing
- Household items
- Personal items
- Telephone or internet costs
- Shelter
- Utilities (power, heat, fuel, and water)
- Financial supports to meet emergency needs of people experiencing family violence
- Medications hearing aids and eyeglasses
- Transportation Costs
- Security deposits for rent or utilities
- Child care
- Cable television
- Car payments and/or car insurance payments
- Other outstanding debts
Note: Social Assistance will ask clients to have looked into all possible ways to receive money. For example, Employment Insurance (EI) or Canada Pension Plan (CPP).
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Public Health - Eye See...Eye Learn Program Provided by: Health PEI
Provides one free eye exam and, if required, one free pair of glasses during a child's kindergarten year.
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Public Health - Audiology Services Provided by: Health PEI
Provides hearing services for children and adults. Includes:
- Hearing assessments
- Hearing aids for clients up to age 21
- Auditory processing disorder testing
- Health hearing education
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Provides eligible applicants with full cost coverage for approved transplant anti-rejection drugs.
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Helps residents who want to stop smoking or using other tobacco products by covering 100% of the cost of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) products and specific smoking cessation prescription drugs. There are two options for treatment, available once a year for 6-18 weeks of treatment:
- Option 1: Non-Prescription Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) products such as patches, gum, lozenges, or inhaler
- Option 2: Approved prescription medication (Zyban or Champix)
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Provides eligible applicants with full cost coverage of approved drugs for the treatment of sexually transmitted infection (STI).
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Provides eligible seniors with partial cost coverage for approved medications.
Note: Participants pay $8.25 plus $7.69 of the pharmacy professional fee for each prescription out of pocket and remaining costs are covered by the program.
Note: Participants pay $8.25 plus $7.69 of the pharmacy professional fee for each prescription out of pocket and remaining costs are covered by the program.
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Provides eligible applicants with financial assistance to pay for approved nutritional supplements that have been recommended by a dietitian to treat phenylketonuria (PKU). Includes:
- Full cost coverage for eligible special low-protein formulas
- Annual coverage up to $3600 for specialty food items carried through the National Food Distribution Centre
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Eligible applicants may receive up to 100% cost coverage for out-of-pocket expenses associated with purchasing approved ostomy supplies. Maximum coverage available between July 1-June 30 each year is $2,400 and is calculated based on household income.
Ostomy supplies eligible for coverage include:
Ostomy supplies eligible for coverage include:
- Skin wafers
- Ostomy pouches
- Adhesive removers
- Skin barrier wipes
- Stoma powders, pastes and barrier rings
- Ostomy belts
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Provides coverage for certain diabetes medications and contraceptives, and expands access to blood glucose test strips. Some examples of contraceptives and diabetes medications eligible for coverage include:
- Intrauterine devices (IUD)
- Oral contraceptives
- Diabetes oral agents
- Insulin
Visit the website for the full list of covered medications.
Note: Medications not covered by the National Pharmacare Program but listed in the PEI Pharmacare programs remain available for PEI residents.
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- Disaster / Extreme Weather
- Dental and Pharmacare
- Education and Training
- Family and Children Financial Assistance
- Financial Assistance for Indigenous Peoples
- Financial Assistance for Older Adults
- Financial Assistance for People with Disabilities
- Government Benefits
- Health Expense and Medical Equipment
- Home Purchase and Rental Support
- Home Renovation and Repair Assistance
- Medical Transportation Assistance
- Money Management and Tax Supports
- Recreation
- Utilities
- Veterans Financial Assistance
- Workers Financial Assistance
- Camps, Classes and Social Events
- Child and Youth
- Dental
- Find a Health Professional
- Health Condition Organizations
- Health Support Groups
- Home Supports and Long Term Care
- Hospitals and Walk-ins
- Immunizations, Medical Records, Screenings and Tests
- Medical Equipment and Specialized Needs
- Medical Expense Assistance
- Medical Transportation
- Navigation and Health Helplines
- Older Adults
- Respite, Hospice and Palliative Care
- Sexual Health
- Women, Pregnancy and Postnatal
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