ER closures and limited staffing

[nobbie48]

I'd had a months-long rehab a few winters ago, I would have preferred doing it at my place in the sunny south, instead I went to RVH in Scarb. OHIP paid for all but the parking.

I'm OK with those who want to foot the bill for care outside the country, I don't think our OHIP tax dollars should fund another jurisdiction's doctors.

I agree in a way. The tax dollars collected from Canadians should be spent in Canada. That includes CPP and OAS.

However unforeseen maladies are different than choosing to rehab at a posh spa outside the province. Even travel insurance providers will ship you home rather than pay through the nose for spa recoveries.

What would happen if OHIP had optional out of province / country coverage available at an extra cost?

Could a government body not screw it up?

Just found this but haven't taken the time to digest

OHIP coverage while outside Canada

Find out what OHIP covers when you’re temporarily outside Canada.

www.health.gov.on.ca

 

[backmarkerducati]

I agree in a way. The tax dollars collected from Canadians should be spent in Canada. That includes CPP and OAS.

However unforeseen maladies are different than choosing to rehab at a posh spa outside the province. Even travel insurance providers will ship you home rather than pay through the nose for spa recoveries.

What would happen if OHIP had optional out of province / country coverage available at an extra cost?

Could a government body not screw it up?

Just found this but haven't taken the time to digest

OHIP coverage while outside Canada

Find out what OHIP covers when you’re temporarily outside Canada.

www.health.gov.on.ca

Emergency and only at OHIP rates.... So it does not cover medical tourism as I read it, unless you can convince them it was an emergency that occurred there...

 

[crankcall]

If you leave ONTARIO , dont count on OHIP, get travel insurance and make sure its enough to cover what comes up, and find out who pays up front. Getting my nephew home from Korea after a stoke cost us close to 80K. 4 first class tickets, 3 removed for his gurny and 1 for the travel nurse, plus a bunch of other stuff. His insurance covered his temporary life in Korea where he was working, getting him back to Canada fell to family.

 

[DownUnder]

curious how much it ended up costing, Im assuming the 800 didnt cover surgery?

From memory she said ohip actually covered the surgery costs.

 

[Mad Mike]

Emergency and only at OHIP rates.... So it does not cover medical tourism as I read it, unless you can convince them it was an emergency that occurred there...

OHIP pays the lesser of the actual bill or OHIP Ontario rates most of which can be found here and here.

If I recall, SIL had a shoulder fracture while skiing in Denver. Fixing and pinning her shoulder cost about $28,000 US, I think OHIP covered about $2500 CAD, her travel insurance the rest.

Most good travel-themed credit cards come with a $1m of travel insurance.

 

[nobbie48]

From memory she said ohip actually covered the surgery costs.

IIRC what I read a while back was that OHIP was non committal on compensation.

 

[nobbie48]

Emergency and only at OHIP rates.... So it does not cover medical tourism as I read it, unless you can convince them it was an emergency that occurred there...

The worrisome problem in the USA is the supersize it attitude to packing on extras that OHIP wouldn't pay for. I would feel financially safer in a country where treatments are based on recouping costs, not buying BMWs.