Locked: OHIP card question ? Will they know I was travelling abroad ? 3 month waiting period question

FrancisBacon wrote: ↑ http://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/canada/can ... -1.2947418

"...will also serve to keep tabs on snowbirds wintering in the U.S. to determine their legal residence, monitor the residency of people attempting to dodge taxes, and stop people from illegally collecting millions of dollars in government employment benefits while out of the country. The Canada Revenue Agency and Employment and Social Development Canada expect to save between $194 million and $319 million over five years once system is fully in place.
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mathiewannabe wrote: ↑ ? I didnt know this.

amitpandit wrote: ↑ I left Canada on February 1, 2017 . The whole year I have been physically out of Canada, except for January, 2017.

I will be coming back in Januray, 2018. My OHIP card is still valid for another 3 years or so, its not expired or anything.

If you leave the province of ON for a long time, and then come back, you have to inform OHIP and there is a 3 month waiting period before your health coverage becomes active again.

Will OHIP find out, that I was abroad ? My OHIP card wasn't scanned or anything at the airport, when I left. Only my Canadian passport was.

Does CBSA or anyone informs OHIP automatically when you leave Canada ? I don't think their data bases are connected for privacy reasons.

What if I immediately visit a doctor on my return to Canada, and he swipes my OHIP, will the data base tell him, I was abroad for the past 11 months, hence I have to wait 3 months before my OHIP becomes active again.

amitpandit wrote: ↑ I left Canada on February 1, 2017 . The whole year I have been physically out of Canada, except for January, 2017.

I will be coming back in Januray, 2018. My OHIP card is still valid for another 3 years or so, its not expired or anything.

If you leave the province of ON for a long time, and then come back, you have to inform OHIP and there is a 3 month waiting period before your health coverage becomes active again.

Will OHIP find out, that I was abroad ? My OHIP card wasn't scanned or anything at the airport, when I left. Only my Canadian passport was.

Does CBSA or anyone informs OHIP automatically when you leave Canada ? I don't think their data bases are connected for privacy reasons.

What if I immediately visit a doctor on my return to Canada, and he swipes my OHIP, will the data base tell him, I was abroad for the past 11 months, hence I have to wait 3 months before my OHIP becomes active again.

FrancisBacon wrote: ↑ http://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/canada/can ... -1.2947418

"...will also serve to keep tabs on snowbirds wintering in the U.S. to determine their legal residence, monitor the residency of people attempting to dodge taxes, and stop people from illegally collecting millions of dollars in government employment benefits while out of the country. The Canada Revenue Agency and Employment and Social Development Canada expect to save between $194 million and $319 million over five years once system is fully in place.
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rob444 wrote: ↑ You are basically asking advice on if you will be caught committing what you very well know is healthcare fraud.