Nova Scotia Family Pharmacare has no premium or fee to join. The copayment is 20% of each prescription price, capped by an annual family maximum set from income and family size.
Applies in: Nova Scotia
Complete the Family Pharmacare Program Registration Form and submit it online, by mail, or by fax. You can register at any time, and there is no cost to register. The Government of Nova Scotia says the program has no premium or fee to join, and registration takes about 1 to 2 weeks.
The Family Pharmacare Program is a provincial drug assistance plan that helps families with the cost of prescription drugs, supplies, and related services. It offers protection for families who have no drug coverage, and help for families whose prescription costs become a financial burden.
You can register if you are a Nova Scotia resident, have a valid Nova Scotia Health Card that is not expired, agree to the Canada Revenue Agency confirming your family income each year, and agree to provide information on the size of your family each year.
You are not eligible if you are currently getting drug coverage through the Seniors' Pharmacare Program, the Under 65-Long Term Care Pharmacare Plan, or the Department of Opportunities and Social Development Pharmacare Benefits Program.
Only one person per family applies. A family is a single adult 18 or older, an adult with a spouse or partner, an adult with dependant children, or an adult, spouse or partner, and all dependant children. A dependant child is 17 or younger, supported by you or your spouse or partner, and not married or living in a common-law relationship.
This guide covers registration only. It gives no advice on whether you qualify.
There is no premium. If you need prescriptions, you pay the full cost until you reach your deductible. The program sets an annual family deductible maximum and an annual family copayment maximum from your family size and annual income. The Family Pharmacare Program calculator on the Nova Scotia site can estimate both amounts from line 15000 of your Notice of Assessment.
The copayment is 20% of the prescription price. When you fill a prescription, the first 20% goes toward your annual copayment maximum and the remaining 80% goes against your annual deductible. Once both the deductible and the copayment maximum are paid in full, the program pays 100% of drug costs that are benefits under the program.
The Nova Scotia Formulary lists which drugs, supplies, and services are benefits under the program.
Tell both the Family Pharmacare Program and MSI Resident Services if your personal information changes, such as a change of address.
The Nova Scotia pages set each family's deductible and copayment maximums from that family's income and size, and they point to a calculator for an estimate, but they do not publish one deductible or copayment dollar amount that applies to every family, so this guide gives no universal dollar amounts. The pages also do not state which specific drugs are covered beyond pointing to the Nova Scotia Formulary, so this guide names no covered drugs.
Review the Family Pharmacare Program Guide, complete the Family Pharmacare Program Registration Form, and submit it with the supporting documents the form lists. You can register any time, online through the registration page or by mailing or faxing the form. There is no cost to register.
There is no premium or fee to join, and if you need no prescriptions you pay nothing. If you need prescriptions, you pay the full cost until you reach your deductible, and a copayment of 20% of each prescription price. Annual family deductible and copayment maximums are set from your family size and annual income.
When you fill a prescription, the first 20% of the price goes toward your maximum annual copayment amount, and the remaining 80% goes against your maximum annual deductible. Once both amounts are paid in full, the program pays 100% of drug costs that are benefits under the program.
A Nova Scotia resident with a valid Nova Scotia Health Card who agrees to the Canada Revenue Agency confirming family income each year and to providing family size information each year. You are not eligible if you are currently getting drug coverage through the Seniors' Pharmacare Program, the Under 65-Long Term Care Pharmacare Plan, or the Department of Opportunities and Social Development Pharmacare Benefits Program. Only one person per family can apply.
It should take 1 to 2 weeks to find out if your registration is approved. It can take longer if more information is needed or if the application was not filled in correctly.
Yes, in effect. Once you are enrolled in the program, your Health Card becomes your Pharmacare Card, and you use it at the pharmacy for program benefits.