• Pogbom@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Healthcare is provincially regulated here, but coverage in other countries is usually only at the rate that they would cover up here. Because of the huge discrepancies in pricing, most provinces recommend you buy travel insurance when going anywhere else.

      In Ontario for example:

      "Doctor services

      OHIP will pay whichever of the following is less:

      • the actual amount billed by doctor(s) who treated you outside Canada
      • rates listed in and paid to Ontario physicians in the Ontario Schedule of Benefits for Physicians Services

      Emergency outpatient services

      OHIP will pay whichever of the following is less:

      • up to $50 (Canadian) per day
      • the amount billed by the hospital

      Emergency inpatient services

      OHIP will pay up to:

      $400 (Canadian) per day for services provided in:

      • an operating room
      • a coronary care unit
      • an intensive care unit
      • a neonatal or pediatric special care unit

      $200 (Canadian) per day for lower levels of care"