The Urgent Need For Transparency: Will CCIR Add Travel Insurance On Their Upcoming Triennial Review?

In the past few months, much attention has been focused on the upcoming removal of Ontario Health Insurance Plan’s (OHIP) meager contribution towards out-of-country medical claims. The change, which took effect January 1st, 2020 may translate in insurers hiking their rates by about 7% to absorb the loss. It is worth noting that claim processing was often slowed down when insurers had to wait six to eight weeks to coordinate payment with OHIP. Therefore, OHIP’s elimination may,...