ronandannette
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- May 4, 2006
Canadians don't have "insurance" per se; at least not the way you probably understand it. We have a system of universal health care delivered to all citizens and paid for through taxes. The system is standardized based on federal guidelines and administered by the individual provinces. There may be some very specific and isolated cases where a health region will authorize a person to access treatment outside the locality and pay for it, but that would certainly not be routine. I have to assume you've either been given inaccurate information or understood it wrong.I live in Phoenix. We have a lot of Canadians that come here for surgery's and procedures they can't get in a timely manner with their universal health care. Long wait lists? I've even had patients that had their hotels and flights paid for by Canadian insurance. I'm not an insurance expert this is just what I've seen. We also have a lot of Canadian snowbirds that end up in the hospital. I've never heard them complain about their healthcare not being covered. I don't know maybe some Canadians can chime in on this matter.
Most "snowbirds" purchase travel medical policies. To do any less would be foolhardy. A Canadian simply cannot access care in another country and have it paid for by our government.