Total Care – Medical
Cost Sharing
Under the Teachers’ Provincial Agreement/APSEA Agreement, the Employer pays 100% for all active members for both Single and Family coverage. For new members, this benefit is not automatic. Coverage becomes effective the first of the month following receipt of your application.
Coverage
Hospital Benefits
100% of semi-private room – no maximum.
Extended Health Benefits
80% reimbursement for such items as the following (benefit maximums may apply):
- Home nursing care;
- Physiotherapy;
- Prosthetic appliances;
- Ostomy equipment;
- Wheelchairs, walkers, hospital beds, mist tent, etc.;
- Out-of-province physician services;
- Accidental dental;
- Hearing aids;
- Cochlear implant upgrades, parts and accessories;
- Eyeglasses;
- Diabetic supplies;
- Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) Systems;
- Paramedical services.
Prescription Drugs
$5.00 co-pay for each prescription, Restricted Drug List, All new drugs require approval.
Frames and Lenses
Frames & Single Lenses – $155.00
Frames and Bifocals or Trifocal Lenses – $170.00
Contact Lenses and Laser surgery are eligible in lieu of frames and/or lenses at the same benefit level
(The Employer provides $145 for Single Lenses/Frames and $160 for Bifocal or Trifocal Lenses/Frames)
Underwriters
Underwritten by Medavie Blue Cross
Contact
If you have any questions regarding the above, please call the Administrator, Johnson Inc., at 453-9543 or 1-800-453-9543 (toll-free).
email: insurance@nstu.ca or nstu@johnson.ca
Visit the Johnson Inc. website: www.johnson.ca
Additional Resources
Further details can be found by visiting the Johnson Inc. Members-Only website.