What kind of problems have you encountered with OHIP? I've been under OHIP for most of my life.
Tons of problems!
There was a thread about my wife "adventures" with MRI.
I had fracture, GR in walked-in clinic didn't even want to send me to X-rays (just said use the ice), after I insisted and went to X-ray, same GP said "Sorry, my mistakem you have fracture, go to emergency as I don't know what to do"). I went to Milton Hostipal emergency, waited for 7 hours, at the end they did nothing and told to come next day as an orthoped doesn't work anyway. Very "nice service"!
My daughter has issues with knee , and our GP didn't want to send her to MRI, not even give her referral to orthoped... just said to use Voltaren (just wanted to suggest her to shove voltaren in her ***).
Even more, here our "specialists" cannot even properly use MRI or read results (my son's example who was diagnosed with ACL full tear, and when orthoped opened his knee - issue was completely different). Exavtly the same was with other patient.
Our GP is an idiot and we cannot get any good GP as they just don't accept new patients. Per one visit, our GP allowed to ask her only 3 questions. What a joke! OHIP is completely retarded.
When I came to Canada , I was 33 and completely healthy, I went to GP maybe 3-4 times in 7-8 first years I lived there, so I was thinking that OHIP is OK (even though I was surprised to see in Canada same devices I've seen in USSR 30-35 years ago
). However, when you start having issues with your health, you will see how bad it it.
This is the reality of US healthcare: it usually does not cover everything. Unless you have the best health plan in America, you probably have a co-pay and will still be paying 15% (or something like that) of your bills.
And it's extremely complicated. Each health plan is designed to screw you, with caveats, exclusions, out of pocket maximums, time limits, etc... NOBODY can figure out how their US health plan works
Probably it's true, I just see how our Manulife or Sunlife is trying to screw us with paramedicals, drugs or dental.
And I said thousand time that I;m not big fan of US healthcare eighter, Healthcare in Europe or Israel (probably Australia) is much better and efficieant thatn both Canada's or US's.
if you ever have a very serious medical problem, you should probably head back to Canada ASAP and re-gain your provincial health care.
so you will slowly die while on waiting list?! Excellent alternative!
I came to Oregon for the job opportunity in my specialized field, and this company really is great. I did not move here due to higher salary.
Oh, really?! When you just moved, you were braging how salary in OR is higher than in Ontario...
I also really like the geography here: lots of forests, mountains, and ocean. It's an extremely attractive part of the world.
I know... been thereand also like it much more than plain ON...
7 years ago we were offered excellent relocation package to OR, CA ot AZ... We were very close to accept it, but because of kids, healthcare, CRA amd some other obstacles decided not to.... probably , big mistake.
If I knew how complicated the health care situation was, and how difficult it is to deal with the IRS & immigration system, I probably would be in Ontario, Manitoba, BC, or in Australia
I hear you! If I knew in 1999 what is Ontario about and what gonna be with this place in 20 years, we'd probably in Israel, US or Australia right now.
Just don't get what is your problem?! You are single and don't even have US green card.