Re:Why Single-Payer Health Care Saves Money
by Spoom on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @04:13PM
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> How do countries with single payer handle this?
In Canada, generally you have to be a legal resident (i.e. hold a valid immigration status, not just limited to permanent resident or citizen) of the relevant province, and actually living there for a majority of the time, before being eligible for coverage under the province's health plan.
In Canada, generally you have to be a legal resident (i.e. hold a valid immigration status, not just limited to permanent resident or citizen) of the relevant province, and actually living there for a majority of the time, before being eligible for coverage under the province's health plan.
See e.g. http://www.health.gov.on.ca/en/public/programs/ohip/ohipfaq_...
California would probably have to add a waiting period since not all US residents would otherwise have coverage, as in Canada.