Canadian healthcare¸ american immigration...help please.?

The only way you can qualify for medical services such as OHIP is to be living in the country for at least 6 months of the year. If you do not physically live in Canada for at least 6 months you will not qualify for coverage. Thats why retirees who winter in Florida have to return before 6 months, so they can retain their coverage. Just to be travelling back and forth to Canada from time to time does not qualify. You need to be living here and filing tax returns to show it.

And as far as Canadian "rights", this is not a right. It's something that Canadian citizens and those on certain types of visas pay into and can claim benefits from. If you don't pay the taxes (ie: you are not living here) you cannot claim the benefits.

Regarding you being a duel citizen, thats no problem. As long as you maintain a residence here for 6 months or more of the year you will be covered for OHIP. Once you move out of the country again though it will lapse. And even now, once you start up again it will take 3-6 months before you can claim anything. Thats the same when you move from one Province to another. I moved to Alberta from Ontario and had to use OHIP for the first 3 months before Alberta Medical kicked in. Before that I moved from India (where I worked for 3 years) to Ontario and it took 6 months before OHIP started.

Once you move back and establish a home there will not be a problem. I think there is a period you have to live in the province before you are eligible, but OHIP will have that info.

There is no issue. They don't care whether you were working or not when you were out of the country. Just be ready to prove your citizenship, home address and length of residency. This happens all the time.

If you are a Canadian citizen (regardless of any other citizenships you may hold), and move to Ontario, you will apply for OHIP, and coverage should begin after about 3 months. It is as simple as that!

If you reside in the US, you won't be eligible for OHIP. It's provincially funded by Ontario, and therefore you need to be a resident of Ontario. If I move from Ontario to Manitoba, I have to switch my card over to my new province of residence. Same thing applies, except you don't have another province of residence. OHIP won't cover you unless you're normally a resident of the province. You'll have to check the rules for how long you have to live there to be eligible for OHIP and how long you have to stay in the province each year. Bear in mind that if you work abroad, you may need special clearance from the government to still be covered while you're working in the US.

Coming back in for healthcare won't work. Healthcare in Canada is paid through taxes so you haven't been paying in.

You would need to get a job, a house or apartment, a bank account in Canada and stay for more than the six months it will take you to qualify.

Healthcare isn't a right for non resident citizens.

Edit: once you have been fully resident as above in Canada for six continuous months, you are eligible for an OHIP card.

You will not loose your citizenship even if you don't live in Canada and as long as you can prove your residency in Ontario, you are eligible for OHIP.

you wont lose you canadian citizenship. However if you don't live in Canada and only go there for travel back and forth, healthcare will not apply to you. When and if you move back, you can re-apply.

you will not lose your citizenship dual citizenship is recognized in Canada,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, when you move back to Ontario there is a 3 month waiting period to regain your OHIP but you will just have to prove residency and everything will be ok

You need not worry about "why I haven't worked or done anything". Your answer is simple -- I was working/living legitimately in the US until now.