What is the gap?
Where a doctor or specialist charges more than the Government Schedule Fee, it’s normally up to you to pay the ‘gap’. The Federal Government sets a dollar amount – known as the ‘schedule fee’. When you’re treated in hospital, Medicare pays 75% of the schedule fee and your Mutual Community private hospital cover the remaining 25%. Some doctors and specialists charge more than the schedule fee. However, with our Ezyclaim system your doctor or specialist agrees with Mutual Community on the fee charged and also agrees to bill us directly, so in most cases, you won’t even see a bill. And if there is a gap, you will have to pay prior to your treatment. How Ezy is that!
Despite the growing body of research which shows how important it is to invest in the early years of student learning, there is a funding gap of more than $700 per student between elementary and secondary education. The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario supports high quality, properly-funded education services for our secondary students. They are our future, and they deserve the very best. But we also understand that younger students, those from Junior Kindergarten through Grade Eight, deserve the very best as well. Research demonstrates that money invested in younger children pays off in later years when these children grow into well-educated, productive citizens. How does this funding gap affect the schools our children attend every day? The funding gap has an impact on the conditions under which teachers teach, which are the conditions under which children learn. The gap means • not enough textbooks, not enough computers, and not enough musical instruments; • fewer speciali
