{"id":"u17","name":"Ontario Drug Benefit (ODB) program and Seniors Co-Payment Program","type":"program","typeLabel":"Program","what":"Ontario's public drug plan pays most of the cost of more than 5,900 prescription drugs for seniors and other groups, and a low-income seniors option removes the yearly deductible and lowers the fee to $2 per prescription.","forWhom":"Ontario residents 65 or older, people 24 or under without private insurance, people on Ontario Works or ODSP, people in long-term care or getting professional home and community care, and Trillium Drug Program members; seniors otherwise pay a $100 yearly deductible and $6.11 per prescription.","cost":"Free to join; seniors pay a $100 yearly deductible and $6.11 per prescription unless approved for the Seniors Co-Payment Program ($2 per prescription)","tags":["ODB","Ontario Drug Benefit","seniors prescriptions","co-payment","pharmacy","drug plan"],"topics":["benefits","money","health","seniors"],"place":{"country":"Canada","region":"Ontario","city":null,"label":"Ontario-wide","cc":"CA","scope":"region"},"website":"https://www.ontario.ca/page/get-coverage-prescription-drugs","sources":["https://www.ontario.ca/page/get-coverage-prescription-drugs","https://www.ontario.ca/page/get-help-high-prescription-drug-costs"],"checked":"2026-10-02","added":"2026-10-02","verified":"checked","checkEvery":90,"deadline":null,"deadlineNote":"Seniors join automatically on the first day of the month after they turn 65; a letter comes about three months before. Low-income seniors must apply separately for the Seniors Co-Payment Program.","status":"listed","routes":[{"kind":"Application form","url":"https://forms.ontariodrugbenefit.ca","value":null,"seen":"2026-10-02","source":"their own site"},{"kind":"Office phone","url":"https://www.ontario.ca/page/get-coverage-prescription-drugs","value":"416-503-4586 (Toronto area) or 1-888-405-0405","seen":"2026-10-02","source":"their own site"},{"kind":"Organization email","url":null,"value":"seniors@ontariodrugbenefit.ca","seen":"2026-10-02","source":"their own site"},{"kind":"Office phone","url":null,"value":"1-888-405-0405","seen":"2026-10-02","source":"their own site"}],"primaryRoute":{"kind":"Application form","url":"https://forms.ontariodrugbenefit.ca","value":null,"seen":"2026-10-02","source":"their own site"},"routeCount":4,"channels":[{"kind":"website","url":"https://www.ontario.ca/page/get-coverage-prescription-drugs","label":"Website","reach":null,"unit":null,"seen":"2026-10-02","source":"their own site"}],"spaceCount":1,"spacesSeen":"2026-10-02","phone":"1-888-405-0405","contact":{"email":"seniors@ontariodrugbenefit.ca","url":"https://www.ontario.ca/page/get-coverage-prescription-drugs","route":"Application form"},"steps":["Turning 65: watch for a letter about three months before your birthday; you join automatically on the first day of the month after you turn 65.","Low income? Apply for the Seniors Co-Payment Program on the Ontario Drug Benefit Program Online Applications and Forms website (forms.ontariodrugbenefit.ca) to remove the $100 deductible and pay $2 per prescription.","If you get Ontario Works or ODSP, live in long-term care, or get professional home and community care services, you are covered too.","Questions: call 416-503-4586 (Toronto area) or 1-888-405-0405, or email seniors@ontariodrugbenefit.ca."],"languages":["English","French"],"welcomes":[],"reachNum":null,"reachUnit":null,"reachKind":"none","reachSource":null,"reachSeen":null,"intents":{"reach":false,"grow":null,"job":false,"volunteer":false,"specialist":null,"opps":false,"housing":false,"money":true,"info":false,"marriage":false},"stale":false,"staleDays":0,"checkedNote":"Facts read from the source pages on 2026-10-02; spaces read from their site on 2026-10-02; re-checked every 90 days.","spaces":[{"kind":"website","label":"Website","url":"https://www.ontario.ca/page/get-coverage-prescription-drugs","reach":null,"unit":null,"seen":"2026-10-02","note":null}],"missing":["follower or subscriber counts (platform pages do not expose them to readers; ask the organization or check the platform)","what they welcome from outside parties (their pages do not say)","audience number for the organization as a whole (not public)"]}