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Statement: Minister of Health offers no reassurance to 10 million Canadians who rely on employer-funded virtual care, a critical component of Canada’s health care system	10/01/2025
Statement: Employer paid virtual care offerings play a critical role in our health system today	20/11/2024
Statement: Canadians’ health benefits at risk as Bill C-64 receives Royal Assent	11/10/2024
Statement: Canada’s life and health insurers concerned and confused by Minister’s comments on the Pharmacare plan	01/10/2024
Life and health insurers paid a record $128 billion in benefits in 2023, helping Canadians live healthier, more affordable lives	24/09/2024
Statement on possible Air Canada pilots strike and trip cancellation insurance	09/09/2024
Health insurers take measures to continue coverage for those displaced by wildfires	25/07/2024
Statement: CLHIA disappointed by the House of Commons’ missed opportunity to clarify Pharmacare Act	04/06/2024
Health insurers are doing our part to reduce the admin burden on family doctors	25/04/2024
Statement: Health insurers are working to improve patient care through Preferred Provider Networks	10/04/2024
CLHIA expresses serious concerns with federal pharmacare plan	29/02/2024
Got questions about critical illness insurance? CLHIA’s latest consumer guide has answers to help you	22/02/2024
Public advisory: Hospital capacity may affect the ability of ill or injured travelers to return to hospitals in Canada	04/12/2023
CLHIA responds to Parliamentary Budget Office’s cost estimate of a single-payer universal drug plan	12/10/2023
Life and health insurers paid out a record $114 billion, helping make life more affordable in 2022	26/09/2023
Statement: Health insurers take measures to continue coverage for those displaced by the McDougall Creek wildfire in British Columbia	18/08/2023
Statement: Health insurers take measures to continue coverage for those displaced by wildfires in the Northwest Territories	17/08/2023
Statement: Health insurers take measures to continue coverage for those displaced by Quebec wildfires	13/06/2023
Statement: Health insurers take measures to continue coverage for those displaced by Nova Scotia wildfires	01/06/2023
Statement on possible WestJet pilots strike and trip cancellation insurance	16/05/2023
Statement: Health insurers take measures to continue coverage for those displaced by Alberta wildfires	12/05/2023
CLHIA welcomes announcement of cost reporting disclosure changes for investment funds and segregated funds	20/04/2023
Life and health insurers to tackle benefits fraud through joint investigations	01/03/2023
Canadians received a record $113 billion in life and health insurance benefits, 2021 data shows	15/09/2022
CLHIA welcomes introduction of federal privacy legislation	20/06/2022
Statement on the implementation of reforms to Patented Medicine Prices Review Board regulations	14/04/2022
Life and health insurers to use advanced artificial intelligence to reduce benefits fraud	14/02/2022
Statement on CCIR and CISRO announcement on deferred sales charges	10/02/2022
Advisory: How does the federal travel advisory affect your travel insurance?	20/01/2022
CLHIA welcomes Supreme Court decision on Saskatchewan Court of Appeal ruling on life insurers	04/11/2021
Life and health insurers paid $100 billion to support Canadians through the pandemic, 2020 data shows	14/09/2021
Advisory: Potential changes to eye exam coverage under the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) effective September 2021	12/08/2021
Statement on federal support for public drug plans in Prince Edward Island	11/08/2021
Advisory: Refunds from travel providers will affect travel cancelation insurance claims and payouts	11/06/2021
CLHIA welcomes favourable ruling from Saskatchewan Court of Appeal for life insurers	10/03/2021
STATEMENT Know the facts: Getting the vaccine will not affect your insurance coverage	08/03/2021
CLHIA opens Western Canada government affairs office	23/02/2021