About this session
A configurable Canadian healthcare financial-planning program focused on how healthcare costs move across provincial or territorial public coverage, additional public programs, employer or private supplementary coverage, and personal spending.
Healthcare Financial Planning 101 creates a practical healthcare-cost map, then the organization can add deeper sessions around the parts of the system most relevant to its workforce.
What your people take away
- Start with Healthcare Financial Planning 101 and the Canadian Healthcare Cost Map
- Help employees distinguish core public healthcare, public drug and dental support, employer or private coverage, and personal costs
- Build deeper understanding of prescription drugs, national pharmacare, CDCP, extended health, travel, family healthcare, and home or long-term care
- Localize the program by province or territory rather than treating healthcare financing as nationally identical
- Connect employer healthcare benefits with the wider Canadian system where the organization wants that depth
- Keep detailed government-benefit eligibility, the complete employer-benefits package, retirement planning, tax planning, medical advice, and insurance recommendations separate
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30 minutes
30 Minutes — Key Points: Healthcare Financial Planning 101A focused 30-minute session on the essentials of Healthcare Financial Planning 101: start with Healthcare Financial Planning 101, build the Canadian Healthcare Cost Map and what employees gain.
- Start with Healthcare Financial Planning 101
- Build the Canadian Healthcare Cost Map
- What employees gain
Covers Healthcare Financial Planning 101, in brief.
60 minutes
60 Minutes — Module 1: Healthcare Financial Planning 101A practical introduction to Canada's health-cost system, helping employees understand how provincial or territorial public coverage, additional public programs, employer or private supplementary coverage, and personal out-of-pocket costs can fit together.
- Module 1: Healthcare Financial Planning 101
- Live Q&A
Covers 1 of 4 parts: Healthcare Financial Planning 101.
90 minutes
90 Minutes — Modules 1 and 2: Public coverage, medicines and dentalBuilds on the 60-minute session. Participants also go deeper into public coverage, medicines and dental.
- Module 1: Healthcare Financial Planning 101
- Module 2: Public coverage, medicines and dental
- Live Q&A
Covers 2 of 4 parts: Healthcare Financial Planning 101 and Public coverage, medicines and dental.
3 hours
3 Hours — Modules 1 to 3: Extended health, recurring and travel costsBuilds on the 90-minute session. Participants also go deeper into extended health, recurring and travel costs.
- Module 1: Healthcare Financial Planning 101
- Module 2: Public coverage, medicines and dental
- Module 3: Extended health, recurring and travel costs
- Live Q&A
Covers 3 of 4 parts: Healthcare Financial Planning 101, Public coverage, medicines and dental and Extended health, recurring and travel costs.
Full day
Full Day — The Complete ProgramAll four modules in depth, from the first module through every deep dive, with time for each person to map what applies to them and the actions to take next.
- Module 1: Healthcare Financial Planning 101
- Module 2: Public coverage, medicines and dental
- Module 3: Extended health, recurring and travel costs
- Module 4: Family, care, reviews and newcomers
- Live Q&A
Covers all 4 parts.
What’s covered
Healthcare Financial Planning 101
Every length- Start with Healthcare Financial Planning 101Employees learn the five financial layers behind Canadian healthcare: the healthcare need, provincial or territorial public coverage, additional public / private / employer coverage, personal cost exposure, and the next financial action.
- Build the Canadian Healthcare Cost MapParticipants privately map where public health insurance, prescription or dental programs, employer coverage, private insurance, and personal out-of-pocket costs may fit around common healthcare situations.
What employees gain
- A simple map of how provincial or territorial healthcare, public prescription and dental programs, employer benefits, private coverage, and personal spending can interact
- Greater confidence identifying which healthcare costs are publicly insured and which require another coverage check
- A clearer understanding of prescription-drug, dental, extended-health, travel, home-care, and other healthcare cost layers
- Better questions to ask providers and insurers before paying for healthcare
Public coverage, medicines and dental
90 minutes and longer- Provincial & Territorial Public Coverage: What Is and Isn't InsuredEmployees learn the financial foundation of Canadian public healthcare, which services form the core insured basket, and where additional coverage may need to be checked.
- Prescription Drugs, Provincial Pharmacare & National PharmacareEmployees learn how public drug programs, current national pharmacare, Quebec's distinct system, employer coverage, and personal costs can interact.
- Dental Costs, Canadian Dental Care Plan & Coverage GapsEmployees learn how dental costs can move across CDCP, other public dental programs, employer or private dental coverage, and personal spending.
Extended health, recurring and travel costs
3 hours and longer- Extended Health, Vision & Paramedical CostsEmployees learn the healthcare services that can sit outside core public coverage and how supplementary coverage and personal costs are commonly structured.
- Mental Health, Chronic Conditions & Recurring Healthcare CostsEmployees map recurring healthcare costs across public services, prescription coverage, extended health, employer support, and personal spending.
- Out-of-Province, Travel & Emergency Healthcare CostsEmployees learn how public healthcare portability works within Canada and why travel can still create prescription, ambulance, emergency, or international cost exposure.
Family, care, reviews and newcomers
Full day only- Pregnancy, Family & Children's Healthcare CostsEmployees learn how public coverage, prescriptions, dental, extended health, dependants, and recurring healthcare costs can change when a family grows.
- Home Care, Long-Term Care & Caregiving CostsEmployees learn why home, community, and long-term care use a different financing mix from core hospital and physician care.
- Healthcare Cost Review & Life EventsEmployees build a repeatable healthcare-financial review for changes in work, family, province, healthcare needs, public programs, or supplementary coverage.
- Employer Health & Dental Benefits & System CoordinationConnect the organization's actual healthcare benefits with provincial or territorial public coverage, additional public programs, family coverage, and personal healthcare costs.
- Newcomers & International Employees: Public Coverage & Interim GapsHelp international and recently arrived employees understand the financial starting point for healthcare when provincial or territorial eligibility and temporary coverage arrangements differ.
Tools and materials
- Canadian Healthcare Cost Map participant worksheet
Who it’s for
- Canadian HR, Benefits, Total Rewards, and Wellbeing teams
- Financial-wellbeing programs with a healthcare-cost component
- Organizations with employees across multiple provinces or territories
- Organizations offering meaningful health and dental employee benefits
- Workforces where prescriptions, dental, mental health, or paramedical costs are recurring concerns
- Organizations with significant parent or caregiver populations
- Workforces with frequent interprovincial or international travel
- International or recently arrived employee populations needing healthcare-system orientation
How booking works
- Book online. Create a free Workbliss profile, then pay with session credits, by card or by invoice.
- Pick a date. Choose a date at least 14 days ahead, or book now and set the date later. Need it sooner? Email hello@workbliss.ai and we’ll see what we can do.
- Choose your expert. Within 3 working days, we send you profiles of the experts available for your date.
- We deliver it. Your expert is briefed on your people and goals, then runs the session live online or at your site.
Questions about Healthcare Financial Planning - Canada
How long is Healthcare Financial Planning - Canada?
Healthcare Financial Planning - Canada runs as 30 minutes, 60 minutes, 90 minutes, 3 hours or full day. You choose the length when you book. A 30-minute session covers the essentials of Healthcare Financial Planning 101: start with Healthcare Financial Planning 101, build the Canadian Healthcare Cost Map and what employees gain. A 60-minute session covers Healthcare Financial Planning 101 in full, with a live Q&A. A 90-minute session adds Public coverage, medicines and dental. A 3-hour session adds Extended health, recurring and travel costs. A full-day session adds Family, care, reviews and newcomers.
Can Healthcare Financial Planning - Canada be delivered online or in person?
Yes, both. It runs live online, so every office can join at the same time, or in person at your site, in any country.
How do we book Healthcare Financial Planning - Canada?
Create a free Workbliss profile with your work email, then open Healthcare Financial Planning - Canada to see the price for each length and book it. You can pay with session credits, by card or by invoice, and choose a date at least 14 days ahead, or set it later. Need it sooner? Email hello@workbliss.ai and we’ll see what we can do.
Who leads the session?
A vetted Workbliss expert, briefed on your people, culture and goals before the session. After you book, we send you profiles of the experts available for your date within 3 working days, so you can choose who leads it.
Can it be tailored to our company?
Yes. Every session is shaped around your goals, your people and the benefits you already offer, and delivered by experts in your people’s languages.