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Alberta Blue Cross
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- through Health Spending Account only
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Co-Operators Life Insurance Co.
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- chronic pain associated with identified medical conditions
- muscle spasticity in multiple sclerosis (MS)
- chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting
- Prior Authorization required
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Desjardins Insurance
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- pain related to advanced cancer
- refractory neuralgia
- nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy
- spasticity caused by multiple sclerosis or a lesion of the spinal cord
- 21 years or older plus Prior Authorization required
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Green Shield Canada
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- chronic neuropathic pain
- multiple sclerosis related spasticity
- nausea and vomiting due to cancer chemotherapy
- must be 25 years or older and have already tried and failed standard treatments
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Great West Life
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- no specific disease related criteria. Each case reviewed individually
- prior authorization form must be submitted
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Markers Financial
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- no specific disease related criteria or restrictions. Each case reviewed individually
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Manulife
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- stiffness and involuntary muscle spasms in people suffering from Multiple Sclerosis
- nausea and vomiting in people undergoing chemotherapy
- chronic neuropathic pain
- prior authorization required
- partnered with Shoppers Drug Mart to deliver the medical cannabis program
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Medavie Blue Cross
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- chronic neuropathic pain
- refractory pain in palliative cancer
- nausea and vomiting due to cancer chemotherapy
- spasticity in multiple sclerosis or spinal cord injury
- Prior Authorization required
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SSQ Insurance
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- chronic neuropathic pain
- cancer related pain
- spasticity secondary to multiple sclerosis or spinal cord injury
- nausea and vomiting causer by chemotherapy
- Prior Authorization required
- use after traditional prescription drugs deemed ineffective
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SunLife Financial
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- severe pain with cancer, or nausea and vomiting with cancer treatments.
- spasticity or neuropathic pain, with multiple sclerosis.
- rheumatoid arthritis, when all other standard treatments have failed.
- anorexia or neuropathic pain, with HIV/AIDS.
- palliative care
- Prior Authorization required
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