As a rule, you have to pay an annual premium to Revenu Québec to remain insured under the Public Prescription Drug Insurance Plan.
You are not required to pay the annual premium for the Public Prescription Drug Insurance Plan if you were outside Québec from January 1 to December 31.
This is a general information pamphlet on prescription drug insurance: annual premium, private plans and public plan, covered drugs, and contribution.
This is a general information pamphlet on prescription drug insurance coverage after retirement: private plans and public plan, registration, and deregistration.
When you turn 65, you are automatically registered with the Public Prescription Drug Insurance Plan. If you are also eligible for a private plan, you have a choice to make.
RAMQ administers the public health and prescription drug insurance plans. It also remunerates health professionals.
When you purchase prescription drugs covered under the public plan, you generally pay a portion of their cost: your contribution.
A private prescription drug insurance plan is either a group insurance plan administered by a private company or an employee benefit plan.
