Strengthening Canada’s Healthcare.
Smart Health Benefits Association brings an important perspective towards long term, sustainable solutions to address the gaps in prescription drug coverage.
Championing Smart Solutions for Canadians’ Health and Financial Well-being.
The Smart Health Benefits Association will propose and champion smart solutions that address the critical gaps and shortfalls, particularly for the 2.8% of Canadians that today do not have access to benefits from a provincial drug program or through an employer sponsored plan.
Our Purpose.
The Smart Health Benefits Association (SHBA) is a coalition of industry leaders committed to strengthening financial access to healthcare, especially for the uninsured and underinsured. Our focus is on enhancing funding solutions — particularly through workplace benefit programs so that cost is never a barrier
to care.
Who We Are
- Advocacy: We advocate for hybrid funding approaches—public and private—that expand affordable coverage options, helping Canadians manage out-of-pocket health costs more effectively.
- Employer Support: We support the evolution of employer-sponsored benefit plans to better address employees’ physical, mental, and financial health needs.
- Policy Impact: We shape national policy to strengthen financial frameworks, reduce inequities, and promote sustainable, inclusive funding practices in healthcare access.
Carolyne Eagan, principal spokesperson for SHBA and President of Benefits Alliance, an SHBA member.
Join the Discussion.
It is time to develop swift and effective solutions that gets coverage to everyone in need. Proposed solutions must be focused on enhancing the health and affordable access of Canadians to necessary medicines, but also protect households and governments from new extraordinary costs.
Latest Works.
National Pharmacare Discussion
Our recommendation for National Pharmacare. We support a hybrid model of coverage delivery where the private and public sector each play a role.
Learn more by downloading the infographic below
SHBC Statement on Legislation. February 29, 2024
Lobby Monitor – Use federal pharmacare funding to fill in coverage gaps
HT Research – Use federal pharmacare funding to fill in coverage gaps
HESA Study Submission
Watch the session in Parliment here: ParlVu
Reconsideration of C-64 Legislative Costing Note Conclusions
News
New Coalition Advocates For Comprehensive Healthcare Solutions
Stakeholders forming coalition to minimize impact of pharmacare on employer-sponsored benefits plans
Strengthening Canada’s Healthcare:
A Case for Maintaining Employer-Sponsored Drug Plans
Experts question if Canada’s pharmacare plan is the best approach for all Canadians
Coverage for high-cost, specialty drugs missing from rollout of feds’ pharmacare plan: experts
Sounding Board: What plan sponsors should know about pharmacare
Who We Are.
