- receiving income assistance from the province
- transitioning from income assistance to the workforce
- a child-in-care
- a child of a family who is receiving the NS Child Benefit or is being supported by the province due to intellectual and physical disabilities or long-term mental illness?
Yes
If yes, you should be eligible to receive full public coverage of all prescribed medicines that are listed on the Nova Scotia Formulary after the payment of a $5.00 (per prescription) co-payment. This co-payment is waived for beneficiaries who are disabled or require more than three monthly prescriptions. The formulary is available online and is updated regularly.
If your medicine is identified as an exception drug status benefit, please click here to learn more.
No
