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Health Care Program
Veterans Affairs Canada provides treatment and other health-related benefits, Veterans Independence Program benefits and services and long-term care in its one remaining departmental facility, as well as community or contract facilities to veterans and other eligible persons. The Health Care Program is designed to enhance the quality of life of VAC clients, promote independence, and assist in keeping clients at home and in their own communities by providing a continuum of care. Eligible veterans and other qualified clients are entitled to health care benefits under the Veterans Health Care Regulations. These benefits include medical, surgical and dental care, prosthetic devices, home adaptations, supplementary benefits such as travel costs for examinations or treatment and other community health care services and benefits. Disability pensioners are provided with treatment benefits, such as prescription drugs directly related to their pensioned conditions. Treatment benefits may also be provided to clients for non-pensioned conditions when these are not covered by a provincial health plan and the VAC client is receiving services under the Veterans Independence Program, or when the veteran or eligible civilian is within the income limits defined by the War Veterans Allowance Act.
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