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Terrible!!!

by unsatisfied with CL on Oct 24, 2023
1 out of 5 stars

I would give Canada Life 0 stars if I could! The wait time to get through an agent is so unreasonable. Last few times I waited over 1.5 hours! That is absolutely ridiculous!!! Their website claims that you will get your reimbursement within 14 days. Mine took over a month. I don't think they know anything about customer service. The agents don't care and have no empathy.

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PSHCP

by Woody on Oct 19, 2023
1 out of 5 stars

As a retired civil servant my health insurance recently changed from Sun Life to Canada Life. It’s impossible to get a hold of them. I waited 2 hours on hold and then I got a busy signal because they dropped the call. I cannot message them because even though I completed the positive enrolment I can’t log in. They are not concerned about the hardship this is causing many of my peers.

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Accessibility

by Angie on Oct 19, 2023
1 out of 5 stars

Call waiting times are anywhere from 2 hrs to 4 or 5 hours, at which time you are disconnected.
Canada Life recently took over the Public Service Health Care plan. It has not been a smooth transition to say the least. Long wait times, calls not returned as promised, lost and missing claims, denied claims that were previously covered, the list of complaints goes on and on. Entire facebook groups are dedicated to what is going wrong.

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Preparing our meds for our 6 mths stay in Florida

by Frustrated retiree! on Oct 18, 2023
1.5 out of 5 stars

I am a retiree from the Public Service and as of this past July we were switched from Sunlife to Canada Life. Every year around this time, I would call Sunlife to get my spouse's meds approve for the 6 months. Never had any issues, ever. It would get approved while I was on the phone. 24 to 48 hours max and we could pick them up! With Canada Life, I called last Thursday, said they would get back to me early this week... Nothing yet, so today I called, on hold over 1 and 1/2 hour. Nothing cause 5pm came around and they close at this time. I truly hope this will get approved tomorrow, pharmacist keeps getting rejected. This is what we get for working for the PS... You retire and they switch us to this.

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Terrible customer service, wait times and knowledge

by Ania on Oct 18, 2023
1 out of 5 stars

Most times, I have been unable to speak to anyone (after waiting over an hour) and the one time did, I got transferred multiple times. After spending hours on the phone waiting, the various people didnt have answer and I was told someone would call me back - they never did. These are just some of the underlying issues.

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No Support

by Hopeless in Toronto on Oct 11, 2023
1 out of 5 stars

Terrible, or zero customer service. The complete failure of the provision of PSHCP by Canada Life seems almost intentional; it couldn't be this poorly managed by accident. If you have a choice for private insurance coverage, go with any other insurance provider.

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Simply Awful

by GRJS on Sep 29, 2023
1 out of 5 stars

Simply awful since the switch over from Sunlife. They changed her life saving insulin for her pump to generic!!!! Had to get Doctor to contact them. Waiting for Insulin Pump supplies claim for over a month. Can't get through.

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Ridiculously long processing times

by Dave on Sep 26, 2023
1.5 out of 5 stars

Canada Life took over the Public Service Health Care Plan July 1st and was woefully ill prepared for the transition. Based on wait times for processing and customer service it seems like no new employees were hired to accommodate the 750,000 new customers. Still waiting for several thousand in claims for over a month now.

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Terrible Customer Service and Unable to Administer the Plan.

by Dave Adams on Sep 22, 2023
1 out of 5 stars

You cannot call through to Canada Life, you can not chat with them, and they ignore your emails. Customer service is non-existant and they are not administering the plan, not providing reimbursements, and not communicating whatsoever. Countless plan members have sought out legal action and media attention. Stay away at all costs, this company will fail soon.

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