Medical Services Plan & Extended Health Benefits

Find out how your British Columbia Medical Services Plan (MSP) and extended health insurance can help with eyecare & eyewear costs.

For Seniors & Children

If you are enrolled in the British Columbia Medical Services Plan (MSP), there will be full or partial coverage of the Comprehensive Eye Exam fee for:

  • Patients 18 years old and younger

  • Patients 65 years old and older

For Adults

For patients aged 19-64 years old, MSP may also partially cover your comprehensive eye exams for medical reasons such as:

  • ocular disease, trauma or injury

  • systemic diseases associated with significant ocular risk (e.g. diabetes)

  • medications associated with significant ocular risk

Insurance Direct Billing

If you have extended health insurance benefits, we offer complimentary direct-billing on your behalf. Insurance providers we can direct bill to include:

• Canada Life / Great West Life
• Green Shield Canada
• Manulife
• Pacific Blue Cross
• Sun Life Financial

Other Vision Benefit Providers:

• Canadian Construction Workers Union
• Chambers of Commerce Group Insurance
• CINUP
• ClaimSecure
• Cowan
• Desjardins Insurance
• Empire Life (RBC)
• First Canadian
• GMS Carrier 49 & 50
• GroupHEALTH
• GroupSource
• Industrial Alliance
• Johnson Inc.
• Johnston Group Inc.
• LiUNA Local 183 & 506
• Mansion
• Maximum Benefit
• TELUS AdjudiCare
And others — just ask us!