The following information is intended as a brief summary of New Brunswick’s Provincial Health Plan which is known as Medicare.

- for full details please visit the New Brunswick provincial government's Medicare website -

Medicare is only available to permanent New Brunswick residents and does not cover students, tourists and/or visitors to the province.

Medicare

Medicare will pay for the following services that are provided by an insured practitioner:

• Most medical services provided by a physician in a physician’s office or in a hospital.
• Certain dental procedures performed by a dentist when the service is medically required and performed in a hospital (extractions and dental work are not insured when performed in a hospital, however the anesthesia may be covered in some circumstances).

Hospital Services

• Standard hospital room/meals.
• Required nursing services.
• Drugs administered at the hospital; surgical supplies.
• Diagnostic services i.e. x-rays, laboratory services.
• Operating room, anesthetic facilities, delivery room.
• Therapies i.e. physiotherapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy.

The New Brunswick Prescription Drug Plan (NBPDP)

Medicare does not cover prescription drugs; however there are benefits to eligible residents who require assistance paying for their medications.

Beneficiary groups are as follows:

• Seniors.
• Cystic Fibrosis.
• Social Development, for provincial residents who reside in a licensed adult residential facility.
• Social Development, for all provincial residents who qualify.
• Special needs children as well as children in care of Minister of Social Development.
• Multiple Sclerosis.
• Organ Transplant.
• Human Growth Hormone.
• HIV.
• Nursing Home.

Last updated October 2008