Canada Life Health Insurance Reviews

The representatives are not knowledgeable and you get a different answers from different people. Covered claims are frequently rejected and the logic used is mind-boggling. Know your plan in and out so you can challenge them. Once you appeal, understand you are in an arduous and timely process. And these are for covered costs. Logic took a vacation with their staff and the level of dissatisfaction from plan holders is across the board bad. They manually process claims and delays in payments are the norm. If you want unhappy employees then Canada Life is your provider

Since April 2023, I have been calling as a new enrolment for the PSHCP, and what poor customer service. First I called to change my email address and was told to call back in May after being transferred to 3 different queues! Today I called on May 16, 2023, to be informed that nothing can be done over the phone and to expect a return call within 24 to 48 hours. Apparently, nobody there is competent enough to solve my issue right away resetting my password! What a waste of time and this is so frustrating. Hopefully, this will be resolved by July!

I haven't been able to get a single claim approved or processed for normal and fully covered expenses. They aren't helpful on the phone. They blame the service provider or the client instead of accepting responsibility for their broken processing. And they don't provide an email address to work through troubleshooting issues. Only over the phone! Mon to Fri. If you can get through.

Absolutely worst company to deal with. Long wait time to speak to agent or supervisor, long call back time, high rejection rates. It seems like Canadalife does not want to reimburse us for medication. They make you wait for a long long time before an agent answer you.
I put in 3 clams from mid October to mid Jan and 2 were rejected. For one of the claim, I had to paper file in and sent in thru email. I submitted the claim on Jan 10, 2024. I had called 3 times was told the paper claim would take a month before it would be reviewed. I called today and was told it was rejected and I wasn’t able to view the claim on canadalife website. The agent told me it was rejected due to incorrect DIN.
The DIN was provided to my pharmacy by Canadalife. Before doing the compounding, my pharmacy was on the phone with Canadalife agent for 20 minutes and was given the DIN and dosage and the agent assured my pharmacy that this should be approved by Canadalife. Fast forward one and a half month later, I am now told DIN is not correct. I can’t go back to my pharmacy now and ask to call Canadalife to get the correct DIN.
I told them I would like to talk to the supervisor and was told supervisor not available and she can only put in a callback and it could take up to 5 to 7 business days.
This is not acceptable. We never had such issues when we were dealing with SunLife.

I submitted my claims several times, they always try their best to postpone the settlement. I spent a lot of time to call them or sent email through their contact information, that is totally wasting your valuable time.
If you consider your life or healthy insurance, please consider other companies.

My employer has Canadalife as the insurance provider. I have consistently had poor experiences with them, not processing claims. Most recently, 3 months ago my hospital billed them for semi-private rooms. I called them several times, and they assured me it is processed and will be paid and reflected online in 2 days - but the claim is still pending. It looks like the customer service agents just try to pacify customers without providing truthful information.

I would give -5 stars if I could. This "company" is a joke. Since I switched from Sunlife (which was great) to these people, I am living in a nightmare. They keep denying coverages and refuse to cover my medication fees which was alright 100% with Sunlife (my and my wife plans). Not to mention the horrible customer service full of incompetent agents with 0 knowledge and 0 training. RUN AWAY!

We were moved over to Canada Life from previous health insurer (SunLife). We have had an incredibly frustrating time trying to get payment for simple items that should be covered. I have submitted the same claims no less than 4 times, with 4 different doctor prescriptions/notes. We have called 6 times and still there is no resolution. My sense is that Canada Life will extend the process for up to a year and then deny all claims as the claims get aged out. I don't write negative reviews normally but the service, the website and behind scenes management is beyond bad. Employers and others interested in Canada Life as a health insurance provider should be very wary!

Canada Life since taking over has messed up a bunch of people as they are not prepared to handle this plan. I've been waiting for 3 months now and they have lost my claim. Customer service is terrible wont answer your questions.

Phone wait times are awful, I spent over 100 hrs on the phone in a 2 week period, waiting for someone to answer. Most of the time I was cut off and had to redial.