We began a media campaign in December to advise people that we’re moving to the system where their health care card expires on their birthday. These are health care cards that would have been in place for three years, and then expiring on their birthdays starting this year and then more in the coming years. What has happened is, because there have been issues where there are indications that individuals that are holding health care cards that are not eligible that are outside the province, we wanted to have a clean process when we transfer into the new system that we’re requiring that people have health care cards, eligible health care cards in order to get coverage. Then we can deal with the individual cases. If MLAs know of individual cases where this has become an issue, then the department is prepared to deal with those on a one-off basis.
Tom Beaulieu on Question 120-17(4): Health Care Card Renewal Process
In the Legislative Assembly on February 22nd, 2013. See this statement in context.
Question 120-17(4): Health Care Card Renewal Process
Oral Questions
February 21st, 2013
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