Taxing Health Care Benefits

CAO has joined a broad coalition of health care providers, collaborating on an issue that could have serious negative impacts on the health of Canadians. As reported by National Post columnist, John Ivison on December 2nd, 2016, the government is now considering taxing health and dental plans. Click HERE to read the article. 

We encourage you to visit the Don’t Tax My Health Benefits website, where you can send a letter to your federal Member of Parliament and the Finance Minister, urging them not to create a new tax on employee-sponsored health care plans which would put the health care of 24 million Canadians at risk. Learn more...

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

With the appearance of COVID-19 in Canada, the Canadian Association of Optometrists (CAO) wants to ensure its members and their patients have the most credible information available about the virus.