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Originally Posted by FFX-ME
Anecdotes are just that, anecdotes. All of the provinces and territories, except Quebec, signed an Interprovincial Billing Agreement under which the host province agrees to cover the cost of any medically necessary service provided and subsequently bill the home province for reimbursement. Most large places such as hospitals will accept the Quebec health cards and deal with the paperwork but you may still be required to pay something depending on how much Quebec covers for that particular treatment. This is probably what you experienced going to an emergency. If you go to a clinic, however, you may have a different experience.
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Well, it did happen. About three weeks ago.
In any event, my point is mostly that concerns about stuff like this probably shouldn't be a deal-breaker when choosing a province in which to live.
Everyday commuting between Hawkesbury-Montreal for years is likely to be a bigger hassle than a once-in-a-lifetime risk of an emergency room triage nurse at Sick Kids in Toronto or IWK in Halifax being PMS that day, not wanting to accept your kid's
Carte Soleil, and having to fork out 75 or 100 bucks* for an emergency room visit. And then get part of it reimbursed
by RAMQ when you get back home.
*I admit to having no idea how much it would cost. But I don't think it's that much. A few years ago we had a visitor from Europe require a visit to the emergency room. I was surprised at how cheap it was. IIRC it was under 100 bucks.