{"id":7245,"date":"2024-05-02T13:24:41","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T16:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/?p=7245"},"modified":"2024-05-02T13:24:41","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T16:24:41","slug":"nova-scotia-to-reimburse-cancer-patients-for-some-of-wig-cost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/2024\/05\/02\/nova-scotia-to-reimburse-cancer-patients-for-some-of-wig-cost\/","title":{"rendered":"Nova Scotia to reimburse cancer patients for some of wig cost"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Low-income Nova Scotians being treated for cancer and dealing with hair loss can get a $300 rebate toward the cost of a wig. (Communications Nova Scotia)<\/p><\/div>\n

Nova Scotians going through cancer treatment can be reimbursed $300 if they buy a wig to help deal with hair loss.<\/span><\/p>\n

To be eligible, people must be a Nova Scotia resident with a valid health card, have a gross family income of $35,000 a year or less, be enrolled in the drug assistance for cancer patients program and have no private insurance that covers the cost of a wig.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cA cancer diagnosis is scary enough,\u201d Health and Wellness Minister Michelle Thompson said in a news release Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c\u201cWe want to give people some help to buy a wig if they choose and hopefully let them focus more of their energy on getting well.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>People can apply here: https:\/\/novascotia.ca\/dhw\/pharmacare\/cancer-assistance.asp<\/span><\/a>
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The government estimates about 360 patients could be eligible for the one-time rebate, which will cost about $110,000.<\/span><\/p>\n

The province also provides a rebate for mastectomy breast prostheses and two programs that support low-income cancer patients – the boarding, transportation and ostomy programs, and the drug assistance for cancer patients.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nova Scotians going through cancer treatment can be reimbursed $300 if they buy a wig to help deal with hair loss. To be eligible, people must be a Nova Scotia resident with a valid health card, have a gross family income of $35,000 a year or less, be enrolled in the drug assistance for cancer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,5],"tags":[2127,2124,2126,418,537,2125],"class_list":["post-7245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-news","category-news-posts","tag-cancer","tag-cancer-treatment","tag-hair-loss","tag-michelle-thompson","tag-nova-scotia-health","tag-wig"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7245"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7246,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7245\/revisions\/7246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}