Shots and screens: Get ready to protect your health

For the past two years, we've been focusing on preventing and managing COVID-19. It's time to look after more of your health by getting screening tests so you know your health, and getting vaccinated against childhood illnesses, flu and COVID-19.

You must visit doctors, pharmacies and wellness clinics in our network for the best cover.

Your cover for screening tests

Children (age 2 to 18)

TFG Health Plus

TFG Health
  • One body mass index (BMI or weight and height) calculation a year
  • One hearing test (both ears) a year
  • One check-up at a dentist a year
  • Online milestone tracking
  • Growth assessments (height, weight, head circumference)
  • Milestone tracking

Adults

TFG Health Plus

TFG Health
  • One mammogram every year

One mammogram every two years
  • One Pap smear every year

One Pap smear every three years
  • OR one human papillomavirus (HPV) test every five years
  • HIV tests
  • One prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test a year
  • 45 to 75 years: bowel cancer screening tests
  • One health check (blood sugar, blood pressure, body mass index [BMI]) a year

65 years or older

TFG Health Plus

TFG Health

Members have cover for the health checks for adults as well as:

  • Hearing and eyesight tests
  • Fall risk assessment
Your cover for vaccines

We pay for specific vaccines without using your day-to-day benefits. We pay for the appointment to have the vaccine from your day-to-day benefits.

You have cover for:

  • One flu vaccine a year
  • Pneumococcal vaccine:
    • Younger than 65: One vaccine every five years
    • 65 years or older: One vaccine in a lifetime
  • Childhood vaccines
  • COVID-19 vaccines according to the national vaccine rollout
Changes to note when you can get a COVID-19 vaccine

From February 2022:

  • Adults can have a mix of COVID-19 vaccines. If you had two doses of the Pfizer vaccine, you could have the Johnson& Johnson (J&J) vaccine now, or if you've had one dose of the J&J, you can have Pfizer as a booster.
  • Pfizer: Adults only have to wait 21 days between your first and second dose, and you can get a booster shot (third dose) 90 days after your second dose.
  • J&J: Adults can get a booster shot 60 days after you had your first dose.
  • You can have a COVID-19 vaccine at the same time as other vaccines.