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Prescription drug coverage for your employees

Affordable and sustainable

Drug plans that work for you and your employees.

  • Happy, healthy workforce

    Employees have access to the medications that can help them live full, productive lives.

  • An employee essential

    Around 78% of people with prescription drug coverage make a claim each year.

  • Works for your bottom line

    Strategies to ensure comprehensive coverage at a sustainable cost to your business.

Why should employers offer prescription drug coverage?

Many Canadians don’t have their prescription medications covered by their provincial health care plan. Without prescription drug coverage, your employees will need to pay out-of-pocket for many essential medications, which can cost thousands of dollars a year.

Workplace prescription drug coverage helps you to take care of your employees’ wellbeing. 

Prescription drug coverage is just one part of a holistic workplace benefits plan. Let us help you build the right one for you and your employees.

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How does Canada Life help my business keep prescription drug costs down?

You want to offer your employees comprehensive coverage, but you’re also conscious of the rising cost of prescription drugs. Our DrugSolutions program helps you provide the care they need at a price you can afford.  

Our standard plan options include:

  • SMART, comprehensive drug reviews

    New drugs and indications are assessed for cost-effectiveness and treatment efficacy to determine if they are eligible for coverage.

  • Incentivizing generic alternatives

    Enhanced Generic Substitution helps keep costs affordable by limiting coverage to that of the lowest price generic alternative.

  • Right drug at the right time

    Prior authorization helps ensure claims for certain drugs are approved only when specific criteria are met.

  • Support for complex or chronic conditions

    Health Case Management provides an extra level of personalized support to employees with more complex conditions.

Other ways we can help you keep costs down include:

  • Keeping dispense fees in check

    From coinsurance options, making the deductible the dispense fee and encouraging 3-month prescriptions, we have a variety of ways to help you manage this cost.

  • Appropriate medical cannabis coverage

    More than 300,000 Canadians have chosen cannabis for medical treatment. Offering this coverage will help you give employees with certain conditions a new avenue to pursue alternative treatments.

  • Simple, balanced plan for medications

    By switching to the TELUS Complete Formulary, your company could save up to 9% on drug costs while still offering appropriate coverage for your employees.

Why Canada Life?

We take pride in our long history of serving the financial needs of Canadians. With over 170 years of experience, we have a long-standing history of financial strength and stability. We look to our insurance roots to effectively manage risk to meet our commitments to you. 

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