Story on how RAMQ pays for US medical costs

[agnelson]

http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Stuck with hospital bill/2243689/story.html

RAMQ covered $900 of a $16,000 4-day hospital stay.

This illustrates the fallacy of maintaining OHIP etc, by painstakingly trying to hold on to Cdn tax residency instead of making a a clean break.

Carrying OHIP coverage while in US (without supplemental insurance) just doesn't cut it.

[Reba]

yeap, provincial healthplans will only cover what the cost would be in Canada, not the actual cost. And healthcare costs in Canada are significanlty less than the US.

Not to mention the hospital likely upped the bill by a few hundred or thousands of dollars, just because they were billing an insurance "company" and not an individual. This is common practice in the US.

[Canuck_In_US]

.... can some direct me where to find heath information Re: being in US under Tn status... what are my options to protect myself if i need medical assistance..?