Should B.C. follow the lead of Ontario and threaten to cancel government health coverage outside of Canada? Or should B.C. increase its coverage for health claims outside of Canada? The answer is f…
Should B.C. follow the lead of Ontario and threaten to cancel government health coverage outside of Canada? Or should B.C. increase its coverage for health claims outside of Canada? The answer is far from simple.
Most claims involve care in the United States. Provincial governments now cover only a small percentage of these potentially catastrophic hospital bills. Yet not all of the Canadians who leave on business or vacation travel to the U.S. or Europe have coverage. As a result, some provinces — especially B.C. — should significantly increase their out-of-country health coverage. What would be fair? You decide. Consider that the B.C. government pays Ontario hospitals according to an interprovincial schedule set by each province. The rate for a standard room is $1,010 a day at a community hospital and $1,958 at the main teaching hospital.
However, to be consistent, he should also address Quebec’s longstanding violation of a different part of Section 11 of the act. That province pays only its own rate when its residents receive medical care in another province, although the act clearly indicates that the host-province rate must apply.
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