Ontario Premier Doug Ford sits next to Health Minister Christine Elliott during question period at Queen's Park in Toronto on July 31, 2018.
The proposal would end Ontario's Out-of-Country Travellers Program, which reimburses Ontarians for health-care costs they incur while travelling to a maximum of $200 a day for inpatient care and $50 a day for outpatient care. OHIP-eligible persons who do not purchase private travel health insurance can be left with catastrophically large bills to pay."With this very limited coverage and the low reimbursement rates ... provided by the OOC Travellers Program, OHIP-eligible persons who do not purchase private travel health insurance can be left with catastrophically large bills to pay because of OOC emergency medical care.
A spokeswoman for Minister of Health Christine Elliott said the program spends a third of its funding on administration and does not provide meaningful coverage.
So now when you buy health coverage for a trip it will cost more. Just like everything else, I guess.
Of course that’s what the scummy Tories are doing. They’re killing Ontarians 👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼
Most people have travel insurance AndreaHorwath
How do you cover a self inflicted billion dollar wound with scaping and squeezing and stealing from the poor? The punishment will continue until morale improves.
Vote them out.
You have it wrong, fordnation welcomes public consultation. He’s going to go ahead with whatever plan he has regardless, but he does enjoy sitting back and watching us talk amongst ourselves
This is the first good idea I’ve heard in a long time
Terrible.
Triggered? No need. Here are the facts ... 1) The 1 travel destination for Cdns is the US 2) The avg cost for an overnight stay at a US hospital is over US$2,000 (C$400 is a drop in the bucket) 3) 90% of Cdns already purchase travel insurance Don't fall for the FakeNews