Hooray! Great health care just got more affordable. The 2014 federal budget exempted naturopathic doctors’ services from HST and GST. It’s about time. 🙂
The changes take place immediately–you’ll notice a difference (the good kind!) in your bill for your next consult.
“Naturopathic doctors are, indeed, primary healthcare providers. They integrate standard, medical diagnostics with a broad range of therapies”, said Dr. Pat Wales, ND, Chair of the CAND. “Having patients pay taxes on essential primary health care services didn’t sit well with our members, or our patients, and we are pleased that the Government of Canada agreed”.
You can read the rest of the press release from our national association here.
This is all part of a larger change for naturopathic medicine as we complete our transition into the Regulated Healthcare Practitioners Act–the same act that governs medical doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, dentists, and more.