Ontario Drug Benefit (ODB) program and Seniors Co-Payment Program

Ontario's public drug plan pays most of the cost of more than 5,900 prescription drugs for seniors and other groups, and a low-income seniors option removes the yearly deductible and lowers the fee to $2 per prescription.

Program in Ontario-wide. Government benefits Money, grants & charity Health & care Seniors

When: Seniors join automatically on the first day of the month after they turn 65; a letter comes about three months before. Low-income seniors must apply separately for the Seniors Co-Payment Program.

How to reach them

1. Go to their application form.
2. Say who you are and what you are offering or asking.
3. Come back here and tell us if they answered.

Other ways, if that one is quiet

• PhoneGo to the phone line
  It workedNo answer

• EmailEmail seniors@ontariodrugbenefit.ca
  It workedNo answer

• PhoneCall 1-888-405-0405
  It workedNo answer

Where else they are

Their website is ontario.ca/.../get-coverage-prescription-drugs.

Good to know

• For whomOntario residents 65 or older, people 24 or under without private insurance, people on Ontario Works or ODSP, people in long-term care or getting professional home and community care, and Trillium Drug Program members; seniors otherwise pay a $100 yearly deductible and $6.11 per prescription.
• CostFree to join; seniors pay a $100 yearly deductible and $6.11 per prescription unless approved for the Seniors Co-Payment Program ($2 per prescription)
• LanguagesEnglish, French
• Their stepsTurning 65: watch for a letter about three months before your birthday; you join automatically on the first day of the month after you turn 65. Low income? Apply for the Seniors Co-Payment Program on the Ontario Drug Benefit Program Online Applications and Forms website (forms.ontariodrugbenefit.ca) to remove the $100 deductible and pay $2 per prescription. If you get Ontario Works or ODSP, live in long-term care, or get professional home and community care services, you are covered too. Questions: call 416-503-4586 (Toronto area) or 1-888-405-0405, or email seniors@ontariodrugbenefit.ca.

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