Canada’s largest life insurer will announce on Thursday it has appointed Toronto-based Cleveland Clinic as the new medical director for its group benefits operations
Manulife Financial Corp. is joining forces with U.S.-owned medical advisory firm Cleveland Clinic Canada in a major step toward expanding the insurer’s role to becoming a provider of preventative health care services for Canadians.
The Canadian Cancer Society, for instance, estimates that about 40 per cent of all cancers in Canada can be prevented through healthy living and government policies that protect the health of Canadians. In a partnership with California-based Grail LLC, John Hancock clients can be screened for more than 50 types of cancer through a single blood test.
During the same time period, the number of Canadians aged 18 to 34 going on long-term disability for mental illness increased by 22 per cent. And the number of workers in this age group submitting claims for mental-health reasons – including for therapy, medication and disability – is up 27 per cent in just the past year.putting pressure on Canadian companies to increase maximum coverage limits for mental-health benefits, Mr.
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