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Canadian Health Care?
I was listening to a Blue Bombers game this summer and heard a radio commercial for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Manitoba. What role does a private health insurance company have in a country with universal health care?
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- ?Lv 41 decade agoFavorite Answer
The Plans you mentioned may pay for services that our "Universal Health Care" may not cover, such as:
-Ambulance Costs
-Some Prescriptions that may be more expensive than govt plan will pay
-Eye Glass Prescriptions
-Transportation to get home from a foreign country if you get sick there
-Dental Care (which is not part of our govt plan)
-short or long term disability insurance
-private hospital rooms
Just google Blue Cross for more details.
Its interesting that you were listening to a Winnipeg Blue Bombers CFL Game - they are my favourite team!
- 1 decade ago
Canada's health care does not cover everything. They do not cover chiropractors or eye glasses if you are between the ages of 20 and 64, as well as a few other things. It is basically a gap-coverage health insurance
