Canadian Medical Coveage for Americans
We will be traveling to Canada and I know it's prudent to buy some medical coverage since our existing U.S. plans will not cover medical treatment in Canada in the event we need it. Does anyone kno...
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Beverley&Ken wrote:
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Canada is broken into 13 provinces and territories and each have there own rules. Our neighbour found out recently that Ontario Health Insurance is not accepted across Canada. Stopped in a neighbouring province for a medical issue, cash or credit card upfront. They decided to drive the 8 to 10hrs back to Ontario in extreme discomfort. Just glad it was not a serious heart problem or accident.
Beverley and Ken
While your neighbour's experience may be factual, I don't think it's the "normal" in Canada (and the jurisdiction where it occurred should be called to account for the treatment they didn't receive). In the years we've been RVing in Canada we have had occasion to seek medical help in British Columbia, Manitoba, Quebec and Newfoundland. In each case our Ontario provincial health card covered all the costs (except in Quebec where the hospital visit was covered but the doctor wanted an upfront payment which was reimbursed by Ontario, but that was early days of the plans - probably no computer tie-ins).
In fact, a recent Manitoba experience was interesting, the doctor visit took a leisurely 45 minutes (and a lot of friendly chat) and the health center forgot to run my health card so it was a "freebee".
