Description

The Extended Health Benefits (EHB) Full Coverage Plan for Chronic Health Conditions offers insurance coverage in the following areas:

Déplacements pour raisons médicales
Prescription Drugs
Medical Supplies and Equipment

The Department of Health offers Extended Health Benefits (EHB) to support the health and well-being of Nunavut residents with a chronic health condition who need additional health care services not covered by the Nunavut Health Care Plan.

The Extended Health Benefits (EHB) is also offered to those not covered or fully covered by their third-party insurance like Health Canada’s Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB), or employer-provided health plans.

Montant de la prestations

Critères d’admissibilité

To be considered eligible for the Extended Health Benefits Full Coverage Plan for Chronic Health Conditions:

• You must be a Nunavut resident.
• You must be enrolled in the Nunavut Health Care Plan.

You are not eligible for Extended Health Benefits (EHB) coverage when any of the following conditions apply:

• You choose not to participate in the third-party plan as a whole.
• You choose not to participate in that category of benefits under the third-party plan.
• You are already insured by a third-party plan that offers these benefits.

Processus de demande

To make a claim for:

Déplacements pour raisons médicales
Click this link to find out about Medical Travel benefits from EHB.

You will have to pay all costs of medical travel up front.

Send original receipts with an EHB Claim Form to the following address:

Nunavut Health Insurance Programs Office
Department of Health
Box 889
Rankin Inlet, NU
X0C 0G0
Phone: (867) 645-8001; Toll Free: (800) 661-0833 or
send an email to nhip@gov.nu.ca

Prescription Drugs

Tell your pharmacist that you are covered by the EHB program, and they will call the Nunavut Health Insurance Office to verify that you are enrolled. The cost of your prescription will be billed directly to EHB.

If you are filling a prescription outside of Nunavut, you will have to pay for your own prescription drugs.

If you have to pay for your prescription up front, send your original receipts and an EHB Claim Form to the following address:

Nunavut Health Insurance Programs Office
Department of Health
Box 889
Rankin Inlet, NU
X0C 0G0
Phone: (867) 645-8001; Toll Free: (800) 661-0833 or
send an email to nhip@gov.nu.ca.
Medical Supplies and Equipment

If you have to pay up front, send the original receipts with your EHB Claim Form to the following address:

Nunavut Health Insurance Programs Office
Department of Health
Box 889
Rankin Inlet, NU
X0C 0G0
Phone: (867) 645-8001; Toll Free: (800) 661-0833 or
send an email to nhip@gov.nu.ca.

For high-cost items, or if you are unable to pay up front, please have the equipment provider contact Nunavut Health Insurance Programs, EHB Division: (800) 661-0833.