Hi,
I have just obtained my SIN to work in Quebec as a temporary foreign worker (I have an open work permit).
I have been given some papers to read and one says that: my employer must obtain and pay for a private emergency health insurance until I am on the provincial healthcare system.
I entered Canada as visitor a while ago and I already have a travel and medical insurance with very good T&C and coverage. However, if I start working and my employer buys another health insurance for me, I will be double-insured which I know is not a good situation to be.
First of all, I am concious that the papers I have been given are 'federal' stuff, whereas the health care is provincial, so does the above applies to Quebec?
If yes, any suggestion on what I should do? Can I refuse the employers temporary HI and simply stay on my travel insurance until I am on the RAMQ?
I have just obtained my SIN to work in Quebec as a temporary foreign worker (I have an open work permit).
I have been given some papers to read and one says that: my employer must obtain and pay for a private emergency health insurance until I am on the provincial healthcare system.
I entered Canada as visitor a while ago and I already have a travel and medical insurance with very good T&C and coverage. However, if I start working and my employer buys another health insurance for me, I will be double-insured which I know is not a good situation to be.
First of all, I am concious that the papers I have been given are 'federal' stuff, whereas the health care is provincial, so does the above applies to Quebec?
If yes, any suggestion on what I should do? Can I refuse the employers temporary HI and simply stay on my travel insurance until I am on the RAMQ?