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HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFITS [24 records]

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Record 1 2018-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Employment Benefits
CONT

Benefits managers are in charge of a corporation's benefits program, which would include retirement plans and health insurance. They communicate benefits rules and regulations to employees and manage records for benefits. Benefits managers ensure the integrity of the data required for successful administration by the third-party administrators including system audits, system testing, new hires, terminations, status changes and annual enrollment. It is also the responsibility of the benefits manager to choose the benefits supplier for the company.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Avantages sociaux

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Citizenship and Immigration
OBS

The Interim Federal Health Program(IFHP) provides limited, temporary, taxpayer-funded coverage of health-care benefits to people in the following groups who are not eligible for provincial or territorial health insurance : protected persons, including resettled refugees; refugee claimants; and certain other groups.

Key term(s)
  • Interim Federal Health Programme
  • IFH Program
  • IFH Programme

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
OBS

Le PFSI offre une protection en matière de soins de santé limitée, temporaire et financée par des fonds publics à certains groupes de personnes se trouvant au Canada qui ne sont pas admissibles à l’assurance maladie provinciale ou territoriale ou qui n’ont pas d’assurance maladie privée.

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Health Insurance
CONT

Eligible expenses refers to the actual expenses incurred by an insured individual for... services and supplies, which are reasonable and medically necessary, over and above those that have already been reimbursed under one or more of the other health insurance benefits indicated in the Schedule of Benefits and not paid for nor provided for under any provincial medicare act or provincial hospital insurance act, nor in contravention of either of such acts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Assurance-maladie
CONT

Par frais admissibles on entend des frais effectivement engagés par un assuré pour [des] fournitures ou services [...], en autant qu'ils soient raisonnables et médicalement nécessaires, en plus de ceux qui ont déjà été remboursés conformément à une ou plusieurs des autres garanties d'assurance-maladie indiquées dans le tableau des prestations et qui n'ont pas été payés ni ne sont prévus en vertu d'une loi provinciale sur l'assurance-maladie ou d'une loi provinciale sur l'assurance-hospitalisation, et qui ne sont pas contraires à ces lois.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Seguro médico
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Record 4 2015-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Remuneration (Personnel Management)
  • Informatics
  • Public Service
OBS

CWA [Compensation Web Applications] is a suite of self-service pay, pension and insurance applications enabling employees to monitor and manage their personal compensation information, as well as calculate pay, pension and insurance "what if" scenarios to assist with financial planning. CWA allows employees to view their Pension and Insurance Benefits Statement, their Statement of Earnings(Pay Stub), and request changes to their Voluntary Deductions. Employees can also use the Pension Benefits Calculator, the Service Buyback Estimator, the Retirement Package, the Pension Portability Package, the Service Buyback Package and the Public Service Health Care Plan(PSHCP) Web Application to help them make important pension and insurance related decisions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Rémunération (Gestion du personnel)
  • Informatique
  • Fonction publique
OBS

Les AWR [Applications Web de la rémunération] sont un ensemble d’applications en libre-service sur la paye, les pensions et les assurances qui permettent aux employés de surveiller et de gérer leurs renseignements personnels en matière de rémunération, de même que de calculer leur paye, leurs pensions et leurs assurances en fonction de scénarios hypothétiques, afin de les aider à mieux planifier leurs finances. Les AWR permettent aux employés de consulter leur relevé de pensions et de prestations d’assurance et leurs états des gains (talons de paye), et d’apporter des modifications à leurs retenues volontaires. En outre, le Calculateur de pension de retraite, l’Estimateur du rachat de service, l’application Web du Régime de soins de santé de la fonction publique ainsi que les trousses d’information sur la retraite, sur la transférabilité des pensions et le rachat de service peuvent aider les employés à prendre des décisions importantes en ce qui concerne leurs pensions et leurs assurances.

Spanish

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Record 5 2011-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Recruiting of Personnel
  • Federal Administration
CONT

Employees who refuse the EDI option and who are not appointed to a new job within six months would be placed on "unpaid surplus status" for up to one year. While on unpaid surplus status, employees will have a right to priority placement. During that time they would continue to be entitled to health, dental and life insurance and remain members of the Public Service pension plan. Also, they would be eligible to apply for unemployment insurance, subject to meeting qualifying conditions for the program. After that 12-month period, if they have not been placed, they will be laid-off. At that time, they will have access to normal severance benefits.

OBS

unpaid surplus status; USS: term and abbreviation used at the Treasury Board Secretariat.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recrutement du personnel
  • Administration fédérale
CONT

Les employés excédentaires des ministères les plus touchés qui refusent de se prévaloir du Programme d'encouragement à la retraite anticipée ou de la prime de départ anticipé auront le statut d'employé excédentaire non rémunéré s'ils n'ont pas reçu d'offre d'emploi après six mois. Ils continueront d'être couverts par les régimes d'assurance-vie, de santé, de soins dentaires et de pension pendant une période de 12 mois. Passé cette période, ils seront mis en disponibilité si aucune offre d'emploi ne se présente.

OBS

L'abréviation «SEENR» prend la forme du masculin singulier lorsqu'elle signifie le «statut d'employé excédentaire non rémunéré» et la forme du féminin singulier lorsqu'elle signifie la «situation d'employé excédentaire non rémunéré».

OBS

statut d'employé excédentaire non rémunéré; situation d'employé excédentaire non rémunéré; SEENR : termes et abréviation en usage au Secrétariat du Conseil du Trésor.

Key term(s)
  • statut de fonctionnaire excédentaire non rémunéré
  • SFENR

Spanish

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Record 6 2010-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Employment Benefits
DEF

... benefits provided to former or inactive employees, their beneficiaries, and covered dependents.

OBS

Those benefits include, but are not limited to, salary continuation, supplemental unemployment benefits, severance benefits, disability-related benefits(including workers’ compensation), job training and counseling, and continuation of benefits such as health care benefits and life insurance coverage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Avantages sociaux
DEF

Avantages que l'employeur procure aux anciens salariés, actifs ou non, après leur départ ou la cessation d'emploi.

OBS

Ces avantages peuvent comprendre les prestations de retraite, les prestations d'invalidité, les indemnités de départ, le maintien du salaire, les prestations complémentaires de chômage, la formation de recyclage et les services de placement, ainsi que le maintien de certains avantages comme les prestations pour soins de santé et la couverture d'assurance vie.

Spanish

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Record 7 2006-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Provincial Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Hygiene and Health
OBS

The ministry is responsible for administering the health care system and providing services to the Ontario public through such programs as health insurance, drug benefits, assistive devices, care for the mentally ill, long-term care, home care, community and public health, and health promotion and disease prevention. It also regulates hospitals and nursing homes, operates psychiatric hospitals and medical laboratories, and co-ordinates emergency health services.

Key term(s)
  • Ministry of Health and Long Term Care

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités de gouvernements provinciaux canadiens
  • Hygiène et santé
OBS

Le ministère de la Santé et des Soins de longue durée est chargé de l'administration du système de soins de santé et de la prestation de services à la population de l'Ontario par l'entremise de divers programmes dont l'Assurance-santé, les programmes de médicament, le Programme des appareils et accessoires fonctionnels, les soins aux malades mentaux, les soins de longue durée, les soins à domicile, les services de santé communautaire et de santé publique, la promotion de la santé et la prévention de la maladie. Il réglemente également les hôpitaux et les maisons de soins infirmiers, administre des hôpitaux psychiatriques et des laboratoires médicaux, et coordonne les services de santé d'urgence.

OBS

L'usage canadien veut que l'on mette une minuscule à «ministère» lorsqu'il commence la dénomination. On met une majuscule à chacun des compléments.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités de los gobiernos provinciales canadienses
  • Higiene y Salud
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Record 8 2005-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Security and Employment Insurance
  • Insurance
CONT

The long-term disability insurance plan provides up to 60% of monthly pay(including Social Security and Workers’ Compensation), up to a maximum of $10, 000 per month. You are eligible for certain benefits, including health care plan coverage, during the period of a long-term disability.

Key term(s)
  • long term disability insurance plan

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité sociale et assurance-emploi
  • Assurances
OBS

[L'assurance-invalidité (AI)] vise à garantir les moyens d'existence aux personnes assurées devenues invalides, que ce soit par des prestations en nature (mesures de réadaptation) ou par des prestations en espèces (rentes ou allocations).

OBS

Invalidité au sens de la loi. La loi fédérale sur l'assurance-invalidité définit l'invalidité comme une «diminution de la capacité de gain ou d'accomplir les tâches habituelles telles que les travaux ménagers, résultant d'une atteinte à la santé physique, psychique ou mentale». Cette incapacité doit être permanente ou de longue durée (au moins un an).

Key term(s)
  • régime d'assurance invalidité

Spanish

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Record 9 2004-07-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Internet Pages
  • Employment Benefits
OBS

On the Canada Benefits Web site, you can fin information about federal, provincial and territorial benefit programs and services for individuals. More specifically, you can find out about Government student loans, public pension plans, employment insurance, health services, social assistance, and assistance for parents, immigrants, refugees, disabled individuals, veterans, athletes, artists, and others.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de pages Internet
  • Avantages sociaux
OBS

Vous pouvez trouver sur le site Web Prestations du Canada des renseignements sur les programmes et services fédéraux, provinciaux et territoriaux destinés aux particuliers. Plus précisément, vous pouvez trouver de l'information concernant : les prêts consentis aux étudiants par le gouvernement, les régimes de pensions gouvernementales, l'assurance-emploi, les services de santé, l'aide sociale, et l'aide aux parents, aux immigrants, aux réfugiés, aux personnes handicapées, aux anciens combattants, aux athlètes, aux artistes et à d'autres groupes.

Spanish

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Record 10 2004-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment
CONT

"Property", in the life and health insurance context, includes :... A right to receive an amount due from a trust or custodial fund established under a plan to provide education, health, retirement or death benefits.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements
CONT

Dans le domaine de l'assurance-vie et de l'assurance-maladie, le terme «bien» inclut : [...] Un droit de recevoir un montant dû par une fiducie ou par un fonds de garde établi en vertu d'un régime donnant droit à des prestations touchant les études, la maladie, la retraite ou le décès.

Spanish

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Record 11 2003-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insurance
DEF

A form of health insurance against loss by illness or disease, providing benefits in event of loss occasioned by sickness(either illness or disease).

OBS

Illness and disease do not include accidental bodily injury. Sickness insurance may provide benefits for loss of earned income lost through disability caused by illness and for payment of medical expenses incurred as a result of illness.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Assurances
DEF

Terme générique désignant divers types d'assurances garantissant certaines conséquences de maladies et d'accidents.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Seguros
DEF

Aquel en cuya virtud, en caso de enfermedad del asegurado, se le entrega la indemnización prevista en la póliza.

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Record 12 2002-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insurance
CONT

With a disability insurance policy, if you become unable to work because of a disabling accident or illness or sometimes even a mental health illness, you are paid a set amount in benefits each month.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Assurances

Spanish

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Record 13 2002-04-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insurance
CONT

Different specifications for permanent health insurance, such as waiting period, an escalating factor, duration of payment for temporary disability benefits, conversion option and an employer contribution waiver, should also correspond. Some companies insist that premiums are payable in advance, which is not comparable with premiums payable in arrears.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Assurances
DEF

Prime payable à la fin de la période d'assurance à laquelle elle se rapporte.

OBS

prime à terme échu : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR. Extrait de la norme NF-K40-001, reproduite avec l'autorisation de l'AFNOR.

Spanish

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Record 14 1999-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Health Insurance
DEF

A type of health insurance that provides benefits for most types of medical expenses incurred up to a high limit, subject to a large deductible.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Assurance-maladie
DEF

formule d'assurance maladie qui couvre tous les frais médicaux, sous réserve d'une franchise.

Spanish

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Record 15 1998-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Health Insurance
DEF

A type of health insurance that provides benefits for most types of medical expenses incurred up to a high limit, subject to a large deductible.

Key term(s)
  • major medical expense assurance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Assurance-maladie
DEF

Garantie complémentaire qui assure contre les frais médicaux importants et élevés.

Spanish

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Record 16 1998-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Security and Employment Insurance
  • Employment Benefits
DEF

Health and benefit plans which may include life insurance, hospital, medical and surgical protection and other welfare benefits for employees.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité sociale et assurance-emploi
  • Avantages sociaux
DEF

Régime d'assurance qui assure la sécurité sociale du personnel.

Spanish

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Record 17 1997-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Provincial and Territorial Laws and Regulations (Canadian)
OBS

Pursuant to the Health Care Insurance Plan Act and Health Act. The Health Care Insurance Plan Extended Health Care Benefits Regulations are revoked and replaced by the Extended Health Care Benefits Regulation, August 29, 1994.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements provinciaux et territoriaux canadiens
OBS

En vertu de la Loi sur l'assurance-santé et Loi sur la santé. Le Règlement sur les prestations complémentaires du Régime d'assurance-santé est abrogé et remplacé par le Règlement concernant les prestations complémentaires sur les soins de santé le 29 août 1994.

Spanish

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Record 18 1997-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Provincial and Territorial Laws and Regulations (Canadian)
OBS

Pursuant to the Health Care Insurance Plan Act and Health Act. The Chronic Disease and Disability Benefits Regulations are revoked and replaced by the Chronic Disease and Disability Benefits Regulation, August 29, 1994.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements provinciaux et territoriaux canadiens
OBS

En vertu de la Loi sur l'assurance-santé et Loi sur la santé.

Spanish

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Record 19 1996-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insurance
DEF

those benefits in a policy which are payable as a result of disability from covered sickness or accident.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Assurances
CONT

les bénéficiaires de rentes de survivant qui n'exercent aucune activité rémunératrice salariée ou non ont droit aux prestations de l'assurance-maladie s'ils n'en bénéficient pas en vertu d'autres dispositions.

Spanish

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Record 20 1995-06-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
  • Health Insurance
CONT

Preferred Provider Organizations(PPOs) offer purchasers of care several benefits, including expenditure reduction, utilization control, improved quality of care, and efficient management. Although Medicare could benefit from these outcomes, the program lags behind the private sector in PPO development. The Health Care Financing Administration(HCFA) must address several policy issues and constraints as it develops PPOs for Medicare beneficiaries. The agency must identify services and providers to include in the PPO, develop program sponsorship and administration methods, create viable provider and beneficiary incentives to participate, identify sources of PPO cost savings, and examine the role of medigap insurance policies in PPO development.

CONT

... PPOs - preferred provider organizations - will pay doctors a fixed amount per procedure done on a patient instead of a fixed salary.

CONT

Meditrust and Pharmex are preferred provider organizations.

OBS

Term, abbreviation and contexts extracted from PASCAL data base.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
  • Assurance-maladie

Spanish

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Record 21 1994-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Life Insurance
CONT

Accident and Sickness Insurance. The accident and sickness insurance coverage provided by life insurance companies to Canadians supplements government-sponsored health insurance plans by providing extended health care benefits, disability income, dental coverage, and accidental death and dismemberment coverage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Assurance sur la vie
CONT

Assurance contre les accidents et la maladie. Les polices d'assurance contre les accidents et la maladie offertes aux Canadiens par les compagnies d'assurance-vie complètent les régimes d'assurance santé mis en place par l'État et prévoient une garantie supplémentaire pour soins de santé, des rentes d'invalidité, une assurance couvrant les soins dentaires et des garanties en cas de décès ou de mutilation par accident.

Spanish

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Record 22 1988-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Life Insurance
DEF

a generic term applied to contracts issued to cover a specified minimum number of persons having the same employer or common affiliation of interest, but not organized for the specific purpose of obtaining insurance, and offering any type of health insurance benefits.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Assurance sur la vie

Spanish

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Record 23 1986-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fire, Accidents, Miscellaneous Risks (Insur.)
  • Health Insurance
DEF

in a health insurance policy, the amount payable in one sum in event of accidental death and, in some cases, accidental dismemberment. When a contract provides benefits for both accidental death and accidental dismemberment, each dismemberment benefit is an amount equal to the principal sum of some fraction thereof.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Incendies, accidents et risques divers (Assur.)
  • Assurance-maladie

Spanish

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Record 24 1981-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insurance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Assurances

Spanish

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