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Content:  Benefits Agreement: Provincial Agreement 2003-2007 Date: February 2006 _______________________________ For a printable poster, please click here Spotlight-benefitappeal.pdf Benefits Appealing prescription claims denied between June 1, 2001 and February 1, 2006 Appeals must be filed by April 30, 2006 Since 2001 the provincial Collective Agreement  requires coverage for all prescribed medication. (“Eighty percent (80%) direct payment provision for all physician or dentist prescribed medication – Article 21.01 (ii)). There have been a number of disputes and denials of coverage. The Joint Committee of UNA and HBA Services representatives recently set up a process to resolve prescription claims that have been denied. Nurses who have had a prescription claim denied between June 1, 2001 and Feb. 1, 2006 should fill in and submit a claim form and documenation to UNA.  The form is available through your Local or on the UNA website, www.una.ab.ca. This process applies to the Provincial Collective Agreement only.