BIRD TALK

Good Day, CSA!!!

I am a CSA member and have been for several years. I can assure you that I certainly appreciate the continued support to retirees and to Canada’s snowbirds. CSA News is always a welcome source of updated information. Fight on!

I have chatted recently with several military and RCMP retirees about the change of health-care providers, from Sun Life to Canada Life. There is yet much confusion and frustration regarding the overall transition.

First of all, it is not widely known that the 01 July, 2023 health-care transition only applies to the Public Service Health Care Plan (PSHCP), not to the Public Service Dental Care Plan (PSDCP)!

Ergo, Canada Life, as of 01 July, 2023 is the provider for only our health-care plan, PSHCP claims, while Sun Life remains the provider for our dental-care plan, PSDCP claims, until 01 July, 2024.

This information needs to be circulated far better than it has been, thus I decided to send an email to Bird Talk, where help will undoubtedly be found.

Secondly, the Canada Life (cost-saving) declaration of “going green,” hence no cards will be provided, is equally not well understood, especially by the elder PSHCP population.

Many retirees do not have computers, nor smart phones and are not necessarily electronically gifted…count me in! This situation needs to be remedied, I’d guess by Canada Life, with the issue of new client cards.

Again, thank you for your continued support and for your excellence in pursuing the matters that have become so important to the overall Public Service community.

Per Ardua Ad Astra!

Glen Buchanan
RCAF Retired
Winnipeg, MB

Ed.: We hope that publishing this information helps keep the confusion to a minimum for our retired servicemen and servicewomen.