The public plan covers the prescription drugs on the List of Medications that are prescribed by a health professional and, in most cases, purchased in Québec.
A private prescription drug insurance plan is either a group insurance plan administered by a private company or an employee benefit plan.
RAMQ administers the public health and prescription drug insurance plans. It also remunerates health professionals.
You must join your new employer’s private prescription drug plan, unless your drugs are covered under another private plan.
As a rule, you have to pay an annual premium to Revenu Québec to remain insured under the Public Prescription Drug Insurance Plan.