If you want to move to Ontario, the provincial government provides you with one of the best health care systems in the world. The most you will pay is about $900 per year and that's if you earn $150,000 or more.
It doesn't cover elective surgery like cosmetic plastic surgery or liposuction or prescription drugs or dental care and some eye care. It pays for visits to doctors, emergency room and hospital stays. It covers life threatening surgery and provides semi-private hospital rooms (2 to 4 beds per room). >From age 65 on, no premium is paid. Also at that point, most drugs are provided at no cost. Contrary to hyped media reports, wait times are reasonable. My brother in law is a heart surgeon. He says most heart operations are done within 6 weeks and the survival rate is fairly high. My mother had to have a heart operation. From the time of diagnosis until the operation took place, it was about 3 weeks. No cost to my mom. When my wife had chest pains, I took her to the hospital in Thunder Bay. As soon as she said she had chest pains, within 2 minutes she was whisked away and quickly hooked up to an ECG heart monitor. They kept her overnight and did 3 tests over 24 hours. She was OK. Again no cost. When we went out west to Alberta, she again had chest pains. I took her to the hospital. No sooner had she spoke about chest pains, the triage nurse immediately came from behind the desk, put her in a wheelchair, wheeled her into emergency and hooked her up to the ECG monitor. Another nurse asked me for details and health card. I provided the nurse with her OHIP (Ontario health care) card. They accepted the Ontario card for health care in Alberta. All Canadian provinces recognize each other's health cards. She stayed overnight and had the same 3 types of test as in Ontario. They even provided dinner and breakfast. She was OK. No cost to us. And people who live in Alberta don't even have to pay a premium. They get the same level of health care in all Canadian provinces. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Madigan Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 11:34 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [NF] Medical insurance Anybody have a great deal on medical insurance? My Cobra runs out the end of February. [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
