An independent human rights board of inquiry in Canada has ruled that medical marijuana expenses should be covered by an employee’s insurance plan.
The case revolves around Gordon Skinner, a resident of Head of Chezzetcook who had a motor vehicle accident while working as an elevator mechanic. He had been denied coverage for medical marijuana, even though it relieved his chronic pain symptoms over conventional treatments and even though he had health insurance through his employer.
Benjamin Perryman, chair of the human rights board, ruled that Skinner’s plan (a basic healthcare plan) includes conditions and rules for the coverage of medical marijuana as an eligible expense, given it’s a prescribed medicine like others that are covered.
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