My employer in Canada provide me with health insurance and issued me a benefit card. I am new to the healthcare system in Canada and have very primitive questions.
If I need to visit a doctor, how does it work? Should I pay on my own and then claim the expenses. Or when going to the doctor I need to present my benefit card and they charge my health insurance company (Encon)? Can I go to any healthcare provider or need to choose a specific hospital? Do I need to visit a GP to give me a prescription to go for example to an ophthalmologist or make a blood test? Or maybe it depends on my benefit plan and insurance company?
Thank you in advance!
If I need to visit a doctor, how does it work? Should I pay on my own and then claim the expenses. Or when going to the doctor I need to present my benefit card and they charge my health insurance company (Encon)? Can I go to any healthcare provider or need to choose a specific hospital? Do I need to visit a GP to give me a prescription to go for example to an ophthalmologist or make a blood test? Or maybe it depends on my benefit plan and insurance company?
Thank you in advance!