Health coverage....

[ngk]

I have OHIP card valid till 2014, so if i go out of the country for an year, and return by 2011, will my OHIP will be still valid?? please share your experiences....

 

[imigrate]

read:
http://www.health.gov.on.ca/english/public/pub/ohip/longer.html

 

[sofiaa]

Greetings all,
Thanks to share all the informative information here.
Some of the Points which are basically need to follow:

Most of your Ontario health benefits are covered across Canada.


Ontario residents are eligible for provincially funded health coverage (OHIP). To be eligible for Ontario health coverage you must :

•be a Canadian citizen or have immigration status as set out in Ontario's Health Insurance Act, and
•make your permanent and principal home in Ontario, and
•be physically present in Ontario 153 days in any 12-month period.
OHIP coverage normally becomes effective three months after the date you establish residency in Ontario. The ministry strongly encourages new and returning residents to purchase private health insurance in case you become ill during the OHIP waiting period.


Thanks

 

[haver]

You can buy private health insurance online from 3 different Canadian insurance companies here. Please pay attention on waiting period. if you buy it before arrival to Canada, your coverage starts faster.

 

[Leon]

imigrate had a good link for you:

Absences Outside Canada

You may be eligible for continuous OHIP coverage during a longer absence when you are away from Ontario for one of the following reasons :

Study full-time outside of Canada
Work outside of Canada
Charitable work outside of Canada

To be eligible for continuous OHIP coverage during one of these absences, you must first meet certain physical presence requirements. You must be physically present in Ontario for at least 153 days in the 12-month periods for 2 consecutive years immediately before the absence. Different requirements may apply if you are an Ontario student studying full-time outside of Ontario but within Canada, and you choose to continue your studies at an educational institution outside of Canada.

To confirm your continuous OHIP eligibility during any longer absence from Ontario, you should contact your local Service Ontario – Health Card Services – OHIP office before you leave the province. You will need to show a document explaining the reason for your absence as required (for example, a letter from your school, employer or sponsoring charitable organization).

So basically, whether you keep your OHIP or not depends on your purpose for leaving and how long you had been in ON before you left.