{"id":3600,"date":"2024-05-03T12:21:17","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T17:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prescriptionshop.ca\/rxshop\/?p=3600"},"modified":"2024-05-03T12:26:45","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T17:26:45","slug":"ohip-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.prescriptionshop.ca\/rxshop\/ohip-2\/","title":{"rendered":"OHIP+"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>New regulations for <em>OHIP <\/em>+ will begin on April 1st, 2019. Details of the new changes can be found here; <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontario.ca\/page\/learn-about-ohip-plus\">http:\/\/www.health.gov.on.ca\/en\/pro\/programs\/drugs\/ohipplus\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"744\" height=\"266\" src=\"http:\/\/www.prescriptionshop.ca\/rxshop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/newohip-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.prescriptionshop.ca\/rxshop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/newohip-1.jpg 744w, http:\/\/www.prescriptionshop.ca\/rxshop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/newohip-1-300x107.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you find these changes to be unfair or unjust, feel free to send the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care the following note;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Letter regarding the\nOntario government\u2019s decision to withdraw OHIP+ on April 1<sup>st<\/sup> for\nstudents enrolled in other private insurance plans.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear Minister Elliott,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am one of over 30,000 students at Carleton University,\nmany of whom will be negatively impacted by the Ontario government\u2019s decision\nto change OHIP+. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The April 1<sup>st<\/sup> change to OHIP+ will force me to\npay a new cost for my medication, in the form of a co-pay. Ironically, this\nis happening because I made the responsible decision to buy insurance, provided\nby my students association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The student insurance program covers a number of health\nissues in addition to prescription drugs; including mental health counseling,\neye glasses and exams, vaccines, dental care and physiotherapy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like most university students, I get by with limited\nfinances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because of this constraint on my spending, your decision to\neliminate my access to OHIP+ drug coverage by not offering coordination of\nbenefits, means that I may be forced to withdraw from my private insurance in\norder to limit my overall health expenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oddly, this will also mean that the OHIP+ program will then be\npaying for 100% of my medication costs instead of the 20% co-pay that would have\nbeen billed if the government allowed coordination of benefits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In light of this potential increase in costs, why is the\ngovernment doing this?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And given the negative impact this decision will have on the\nhealth of Ontario university students, why did the government make this\ndecision?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please respond to me regarding the two questions above. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I also urge you to reconsider the health needs of Ontario\nstudents like me, and revisit your decision to eliminate my access to OHIP+.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sincerely<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New regulations for OHIP + will begin on April 1st, 2019. Details of the new changes can be found here; http:\/\/www.health.gov.on.ca\/en\/pro\/programs\/drugs\/ohipplus\/ If you find these changes to be unfair or unjust, feel free to send the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care the following note; Letter regarding the Ontario government\u2019s decision to withdraw OHIP+ on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pharmacy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.prescriptionshop.ca\/rxshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.prescriptionshop.ca\/rxshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.prescriptionshop.ca\/rxshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.prescriptionshop.ca\/rxshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.prescriptionshop.ca\/rxshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3600"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.prescriptionshop.ca\/rxshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3602,"href":"http:\/\/www.prescriptionshop.ca\/rxshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3600\/revisions\/3602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.prescriptionshop.ca\/rxshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.prescriptionshop.ca\/rxshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.prescriptionshop.ca\/rxshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}