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Provincial and territorial health plans will being covering the cost of primary care provided by nurse practitioners, pharmacists and midwives starting April 1. It’s meant to prevent patients from paying out of pocket for necessary care. But it’s still unclear how this change will be applied in New Brunswick.
Provincial and territorial health plans to cover primary care provided by nurse practitioners
Allyson McCormack · CBC News
· Posted: Mar 06, 2026 5:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 24 minutes ago
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Nurse practitioner Angela McGraw of Saint John, who treats more than 1,000 clients in four provinces, says the new billing policy could be a barrier to practise for some. (Megan Goddard/CBC)
Angela McGraw is a nurse practitioner who specializes in women’s health, treating more than one thousand clients out of her private clinic in Saint John’s north end.
Most of her patients are in New Brunswick, but she’s also licensed in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Ontario, providing virtual care to people in those provinces too.
As an independent health-care provider, McGraw doesn’t work for the local health authority. Instead, her patients are billed directly for their visits.
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