{"id":670,"date":"2014-03-26T18:17:28","date_gmt":"2014-03-26T22:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rstp.fantomdesign.net\/?page_id=670"},"modified":"2020-08-17T13:59:09","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T17:59:09","slug":"newfoundland-labrador","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rstp.ca\/en\/sponsorship-responsibilities\/settlement-services\/health\/newfoundland-labrador\/","title":{"rendered":"Newfoundland &#038; Labrador"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='content-column one_fifth'><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-671\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/newfoundland.jpg\" alt=\"newfoundland\" width=\"160\" height=\"132\" \/><\/p><\/div><div class='content-column four_fifth last_column'><h2>Provincial Health Plan<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.health.gov.nl.ca\/health\/mcp\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Medical Care Plan (MCP)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Prescription Medication\/Drugs<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.health.gov.nl.ca\/health\/prescription\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newfoundland and Labrador Prescription Drug Program (NLPDP)<\/a><\/strong>: provides financial assistance for the purchase of eligible prescription medications for residents. There are five main plans under the program: The Foundation Plan, The 65Plus Plan, The Access Plan, The Assurance Plan and The Select Needs Plan. Eligible clients receive a drug card for themselves and each member of their family.<\/p>\n<h2>Dental<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.health.gov.nl.ca\/health\/dentalservices\/general_info.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Children\u2019s Dental Health Plan<\/a><\/strong>: Universal dental care is provided for all children up to the age of 12; and limited coverage is provided to children age 13 -17 whose families are eligible under the Low Income Access Program (or are receiving income assistance from the province).<\/p>\n<h2>Other<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Community Mental Health Support Services<\/strong>: Services include individual or family counseling and intervention services for low-income children, youth and adults. The service is provided through the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.health.gov.nl.ca\/health\/findhealthservices\/in_your_community.html#contact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">regional health authorities<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.811healthline.ca\/what-is-the-healthline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">811 HealthLine<\/a><\/strong>, Dial 811: Registered nurses provide confidential health advice and information 24\/7.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mental Health Crisis Line<\/strong>: 1-888-737-4668<\/p><\/div><div class='clear_column'><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":641,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","passster_activate_protection":false,"passster_protect_child_pages":"","passster_protection_type":"password","passster_password":"","passster_activate_overwrite_defaults":"","passster_headline":"","passster_instruction":"","passster_placeholder":"","passster_button":"","passster_id":"","passster_activate_misc_settings":"","passster_redirect_url":"","passster_hide":"no","passster_area_shortcode":"","_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"meta_box":{"front_blocks":[]},"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rstp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/670"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rstp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rstp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rstp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rstp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=670"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.rstp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12287,"href":"https:\/\/www.rstp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/670\/revisions\/12287"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rstp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rstp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}