Are dentures covered under odsp?

[maggs809]

ARE DENTURES COVERED BY ODSP?

[T Spa]

Up to $1500  $750 for upper, $750 for lower  I received mine last june.
 

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Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 04:19:09 -0700
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ARE DENTURES COVERED BY ODSP?
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[harmony]

Mine were covered out of the Whitby Office. They are now out of the
Oshawa Office. I am having mine fitted as we speak.

[talkerton]

Your dentist can send a quote in to ODSP, they will forward it to OW.
I do believe they paid $1050 towards mine. Still left me paying about
$1000 myself but at least it was a little help. :)

[abrowne]

Maggs, they are NOT covered by ODSP, but if your

municipality covers it -- some do, some don't and some

will only cover partial -- you have to go through them.

Many on ODSP live in municipalities that do not cover it,

or only cover part of it ... and it behooves me as to how

a person is supposed to cover this cost themselves, or

even just a portion of it.  I know if I was in a position where

I needed dentures, I would end up having to do without,

because my municipality only covers for OW recipients

who are on an employment plan and then again, only half.

ODSP recipients are routinely denied.  But there are various

municipalities that cover partial or all of it for ODSP, as

some people are saying on this Board.  Geographic discrimination

is the way of the future, it seems for this Government.

Angela

[Bill Higgs]

Middlesex county  (London area) is 750 total.

 

Bill

[Goldielover]

Yet another reason why I firmly believe ALL ODSP and OW should be a
provincial matter. ALL ODSP and OW recipients should be entitled to
the same benefits, irregardless of where they live. None of this
downloading to the local municipalities, where some cover
discretionary benefits, and some do not. People should be able to
receive what they need in their own area, without feeling they need to
move to a more generous municipality in order to access what they
need.

On May 11, 2:11 pm, abrowne <browne200...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Maggs, they are NOT covered by ODSP, but if your
> municipality covers it -- some do, some don't and some
> will only cover partial -- you have to go through them.
> Many on ODSP live in municipalities that do not cover it,
> or only cover part of it ... and it behooves me as to how
> a person is supposed to cover this cost themselves, or
> even just a portion of it.  I know if I was in a position where
> I needed dentures, I would end up having to do without,
> because my municipality only covers for OW recipients
> who are on an employment plan and then again, only half.
> ODSP recipients are routinely denied.  But there are various
> municipalities that cover partial or all of it for ODSP, as
> some people are saying on this Board.  Geographic discrimination
> is the way of the future, it seems for this Government.
> Angela
>

> ________________________________
>  From: maggs809 <maggs...@gmail.com>

[harmony]

I forgot to say that full upper and lower dentures are covered out of
the Oshawa office.

On May 11, 7:19 am, maggs809 <maggs...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Colline]

Hi
ODSP paid for half.....this is out of the St Catharines office

Happy Mothers Day to all the Mothers out there!!
Colline

On May 11, 12:15 pm, T Spa <tspafford...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Up to $1500  $750 for upper, $750 for lower  I received mine last june.
>

> Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 04:19:09 -0700

> From: maggs...@gmail.com

[abrowne]

Not anymore.

I have five or six people that I can introduce you to who have

been turned down outright between 2008 - 2011 (Dec).  Three

managed to find family members to assist and the others are

simply doing without.  I don't know how, I don't want to know.

No, ODSP doesn't cover them.

The region is where you go and generally, their answer is NO.

I have been told they are only allotted so much, and their

priority is OW for work purposes only and even they get only

half ... and where the heck they get the other half is crazy.

I remember before the cannibalized the employment supports

program for ODSP, they added denture work in it - now none

of this stuff is included anymore (2002 - 2006).

Maybe you got them in early April before they ran out of 

money by about mid-May it seems?  Maybe at a time there

was less demand from the OW people or in 2006 under

employment supports, because I know some who got it that way.

In my view, they should cover the whole thing, a basic not

a Cadillac package for those that need it.

I am sure if we had a denturist school in the region, they might

offer a program of sorts that people can get coverage for.

In some regions, they cover all of it up to basic package.

I tried for a specialized orthotic prescribed to me by a

specialist I also had to pay out of pocket for ... it would

cost me $1,200 to get, as it's very customized and sorted

for my unusual problem in my left ankle to avoid falls ...

their answer again was NO.  So my health benefit package

is called Knock on Wood and pray I don't fall.  I did about

a month ago and cracked my kneecap and it is bruised all

the way down my leg.  

I wish I can win a lottery or something, so I can get out

of here, and more importantly start living and enjoying

a healthier life.

A

-- a Mother Bear too ;-)

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