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  • OHIP+ no longer covers kids, young adults with private insurance, new health minister says

    OHIP+ no longer covers kids, young adults with private insurance, new health minister says

    [ad_1] Children, teens and young adults with private health benefits will no longer be eligible to receive free prescriptions through OHIP+, newly appointed Health Minister Christine Elliott announced on Saturday.  The “cost-effective” changes to the province’s current pharmacare program are part of the Ontario Progressive Conservative government’s pledge to save billions each year by finding “efficiencies” in government spending, Elliott said…