Annual Fee 2010

This page provides information respecting the annual fee that will come into effect for the first time for the year 2010.

The Board of Directors of the Aylmer Health Coop voted to introduce an annual fee of $100 per member for the year 2010. The Board will vote on the amount of the annual fee for future years  before the beginning of that year.

The Board of Directors also voted to implement a special fee schedule for families. A family is understood to be a grouping that will be composed of one or two adults, without children or with minor children (0 to 18 years) and adult children who are students and between 18 and 25 years of age. The schedule of fees for a family is as follows: $100 for the first adult, $50 for the second adult, $0 for minor children and $25 for each child between 18 and 25 who is a student.

After six years in operations, this decision was necessary to ensure that the Coop will be able to respond to the new pressures on the health system in Aylmer and to address a growing deficit for which there are no other sources of revenue.

A series of Questions and Answers on the annual fee for 2010 have been put into a document that you can download.

By January 30, 2010 each member should have received a personal letter explaining the reasons for establishing an annual fee along with an invoice for $100 plus taxes. This could mean that the same household received more than one copy of this letter and invoice.  If all those receiving the letter form a family as described above, only one invoice listing all its members and the amount owed by each needs to be completed and returned to the Coop. (please return all the individual invoices along with the one that is filled out).  The invoice also includes information on the various forms of payment that will be accepted. Here are some examples of family groupings that may help:

•  Single member
•   Members who are a couple living at the same address
•  Member(s) with children who are students as defined (18 to 25 yrs)
•  Members with minor children (under 18 yrs)

If you do not wish to pay this annual fee for one reason or another, for example you now have a family doctor in another clinic and you do not expect to use the emergency services of the Aylmer Health Coop, you can choose to ask for a reimbursement of your original purchase of shares and cancel your membership. In that case, you will have the choice of either 1) receiving a cheque for the $50 or 2) making a donation of that amount to the Coop Foundation. A transfer of your shares can also be made to another member of your family (spouse or adult child) who will then become responsible for paying the annual fee. Click here to find the Share Transfer and Refund Application form that must be filled out and returned to the Coop office in the basement of the clinic.

If you have any questions or suggestions, you can call 819-684-7574 (if you are asked to leave a voice message, a volunteer will call you back as soon as possible). You can also communicate by e-mail to cotisationcoop@videotron.ca