Advocating for occupational therapy health benefits!
Together we can encourage more conversation about ensuring that occupational therapy is covered as part of health benefits!
Find out if occupational therapy services are covered as part of your own workplace or graduate student health benefits and take action to #AskforOT!
These services play an important role in reducing the costs of workplace illness, injury, and mental health.
‘Ask for OT’ as a flexible health insurance coverage option in your workplace health benefits; from your employer, your insurance provider and/or your union. Here are the materials to help you take action:
- Write a letter using the following Letter Templates that you can copy and paste, save and email or save and print. Use your own letterhead if that will add impact.
- We have put together key facts that highlight the need for more comprehensive extended health care plans. These facts can be included in letters and other advocacy efforts undertaken by occupational therapists and clients.
- This one-page handout provides an overview of the need for better coverage in extended health care plans and how employers and employees would benefit from occupational therapy services. The handout can be used as an advocacy tool at meetings or to accompany a letter requesting for the inclusion of occupational therapy services in extended health care benefit plans.
- This handout contains real life stories that speak to the impact of lack of coverage for occupational therapy services on the wellbeing of Canadians. The handout can be used to accompany other advocacy resources to illustrate the need for access to occupational therapy.
- Share your experience and outcomes on social media. Tag @CAOT_ACE on Twitter and @CAOTACE on Instagram and use #AskforOT. You can also post to the @CAOT.ca Facebook page.
Let's make sure we have coverage for our own professional services!
Member Success Story
Learn how our member Ash Ramchandani, through social networking and advocacy for the profession, was able to convince the manager of a Pension and Benefits program to add occupational therapy benefits to pensioners and their families.
Have you had success asking for OT? Share your story with us at advocacy@caot.ca.