Your Plan Effective May 1, 2025

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 Providing Dental, Drug, Vision and Extended Health Benefits to help you live a longer, healthier life: 

Dental Benefits

90% coverage of basic dental care and 75% coverage of major restorative care.

$3000 calendar year maximum (Basic, Comprehensive Basic and Major services combined)

Prescription Drugs

80% coverage until you spend $500 out-of-pocket, then 100% covered, with a $90,000 lifetime drug maximum.

Annual reinstatement of $2500 of the lifetime maximum.

Coverage added for Arexvy RSV vaccine.

Vision

$450 every 24 months, or with a prescription change, for glasses and contacts.

Eye exams and Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) are covered up to GSC’s usual and customary amount, where not covered by Provincial plans.

$300 lifetime benefit per eye for cataract treatment.

Extended Health Services

90%coverage for Durable Medical Equipment, hearing aids and land ambulance coverage.

Hearing aid maximum benefit increased to $1500 every 5 years

90% coverage for the services of Physiotherapists, Chiropractors and for Psychological Counselling to a combined maximum of $500 per year.

90%coverage for the services of a Podiatrist or Chiropodist to a combined maximum of $300 per year.

New Long Term Care (LTC) co-pay benefit equal to $500 per month when a plan participant is approved by Ontario Health and resides in an approved LTC bed.

NEW Death Benefit

A Death Benefit equal to $2500 will be payable on the death of eligible retired plan members.

The Trust is making the death benefit retroactive to January 1, 2025. GSC will not be administering this benefit. Further information on the death benefit claiming procedure please visit our NEWS page and download the NEW Death Benefit PDF.

The Stelco Retiree Benefit Trust is dedicated to providing non-USW Stelco retirees (current and future) and their families with fair, equitable and affordable benefits coverage. Click the link below to view your benefit plan booklet, which provides important information on the treatments and services covered, including co-payments, co-insurance and other limits.