Hi everyone,
I recently sponsored my husband who received his PR in July. We also had our first newborn baby in July. It turns out that she requires a lip and tongue tie release as she is unable to breastfeed efficiently, causing me lots of pain. This is considered an oral surgery under dental services. We considered adding her to my husband's university health insurance plan, but it only covers 10% which is about 75 dollars. That's about another 700 dollars we'll have to pay out of pocket which is hard for us to afford right now. We will if we have to, but I am wondering whether we are able to get government financial subsidy (Healthy Smiles Ontario) or are we ineligible due to the sponsorship agreement? I wasn't sure since I know we can't (and don't want to) get monthly social assistance, but I wasn't sure if it also includes other forms of support like Healthy Smiles.
Thanks for your help.
I recently sponsored my husband who received his PR in July. We also had our first newborn baby in July. It turns out that she requires a lip and tongue tie release as she is unable to breastfeed efficiently, causing me lots of pain. This is considered an oral surgery under dental services. We considered adding her to my husband's university health insurance plan, but it only covers 10% which is about 75 dollars. That's about another 700 dollars we'll have to pay out of pocket which is hard for us to afford right now. We will if we have to, but I am wondering whether we are able to get government financial subsidy (Healthy Smiles Ontario) or are we ineligible due to the sponsorship agreement? I wasn't sure since I know we can't (and don't want to) get monthly social assistance, but I wasn't sure if it also includes other forms of support like Healthy Smiles.
Thanks for your help.