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Extended Health Benefits (EHB) Eligible Specified Conditions
Extended Health Benefits (EHB) are made available to non-indigenous residents of Nunavut with one of following Specified Conditions:
Conditions eligible for drug benefits only:
- Celiac Disease
- Epilepsy
- Osteoarthritis
- Pernicious Anemia
- Phenylketonuria
- Rickets
Conditions with restricted benefits:
- Alcohol Dependency
- Drug Dependency
Conditions eligible for EHB coverage:
- Alzheimer’s Disease
- Asthma
- Cancer
- Cerebral Palsy
- Certain Disorders of Blood & Immune System
- Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease
- Chronic Psychosis
- Cleft Lip / Palate
- Congenital Anomalies & Chronic Disease of the Urinary System
- Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection
- Congenital Heart Disease
- Crohn’s Disease
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Dermatomyositis
- Diabetes Insipidus
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Head Injury
- HIV Infection
- All other HIV Related Diseases
- Hypertension (Subject to certain BP levels)
- Ischemic Heart Disease
- Lupus Erythematosus
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Psoriasis
- Rheumatic Fever
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Scleroderma
- Scoliosis
- Spina Bifida
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Tuberculosis
- Ulcerative Colitis
- Wegeners Granulomatosis
- Special Approval Case – Prior Approval Required
Persons are not eligible for Extended Health Benefits (EHB) coverage if any of the following conditions apply:
- choose not to participate in the third-party plan as a whole.
- choose not to participate in that category of benefits under the third-party plan.
- are already insured by a third-party plan that offers these benefits.