POLITICAL MYTH: OHIP pays for MEDICAL NECESSITY

EYE EXAMINATIONS from age 20-64 (usually $80) NOT PAID by OHIP unless patient has eye disease.or diabetes.

ZOSTER VACCINE ($200) NOT COVERED BY PROVINCIAL INSURANCE (OHIP)

BUPRENORPHINE patch ($75 month) not paid by OHIP.

PSA SCREENING not paid by OHIP.

DENTAL TREATMENT not paid by OHIP.

PHYSIOTHERAPY not paid by OHIP

PHARMACEUTICS paid in Hospital. Social welfare patients and theOver-65s have some drug coverage.
Majority do not have Govt. drug coverage. UNIONS & GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS provide extensive drug benefits.

PRIVATE HOSPITAL ROOMS hard to find.

Canadian Law does not allow world-wide IHI(Denmark)-Bupa (UK) insurance company.to offer Canadians
coverage.

Secret of Medical coverage in Canada is to work for GOVERNMENT: Federal,Provincial,Municipal, being a UNION member or work for a major CORPORATION.  Individual private inzsurance gives limited protection. Doctors have been repremanded by the "College" of Physicians and Surgeons for telling a` patient about a NON-OHIP paid investigation. Many lab tests  are not covered by OHIP.

FRANCOPHONE OTTAWA MONTFORT Hospital has four floors reserved for the CANADIAN FORCES and Federal MPs.