medical expense Archives - Akler Browning LLP

Notwithstanding the fact that Canada has a publicly funded health care system, the reality is that each year millions of individual Canadians incur medical and para-medical expenses (like prescription drug costs) which can be significant and which are not covered by that public health care system. Absent a private health insurance plan which provides reimbursement for such expenses, they must be paid for on an out-of-pocket basis.

While the current state of the Canadian health care system is not without its problems, Canadians are nonetheless fortunate to have a publicly-funded health care system, in which most major medical expenses are covered by provincial health care plans.