What does OHIP mean?
It is the Ontario Health Insurance Plan, commonly known in both English & French (Assurance-Santé de l’Ontario) by the acronym OHIP. It is the government-run health insurance plan for the Canadian province of Ontario.
Is OHIP free?
Every Ontario resident with his or her primary and permanent home in Ontario is entitled to access emergency and preventive care under OHIP free of charge.
How do I apply for an OHIP health card
- Get an application form online called: Registration for Ontario Health Insurance (OHIP) Coverage form
- Or you may get it from your local Service Ontario OHIP Office.
- Fill this form out.
- Collect the documents you need. https://www.ontario.ca/page/documents-needed-get-health-card
Children who are Under 16 years old, do not need a photo or signature on their card so a parent/guardian can register for them. If you need another record of your child’s health card information (e.g.when parents/guardians do not live in the same home), please ask for a transaction record in person at a ServiceOntario Centre. If you are older than 16 years, you need a photo and signature on your card, so you must apply in person at a ServiceOntario Centre.
OHIP Coverage Waiting Period
If you have questions about when your OHIP coverage will begin, visit your local ServiceOntario centre or contact - ServiceOntario INFOline at: 1-866-532-3161.
Who is not covered
Tourists, transients, refugee claimants, foreign (international students), visitors and some foreign workers from other Canadian provinces and territories, or from outside Canada, do not qualify for OHIP.
What is covered under OHIP?
There are numerous services covered by OHIP: LHIN Home and Community Care: http://healthcareathome.ca Health Care Options: https://www.ontario.ca/locations/health/?_ga=2.23826106.1269238392.1520029574-1468585569.1517172923 Physiotherapy: https://www.ontario.ca/page/physiotherapy-clinics-ohip-funded; https://www.collegept.org/patients/Accessing-Government-Funded-Physiotherapy Other services include (but are not limited to):
- visits to doctors
- hospital visits and stays
- medical or surgical abortions
- eligible dental surgery in hospital
- eligible optometry (eye-health services)
- podiatry (foot-health services)
- ambulance services
- travel for health services if you live in northern Ontario
To be covered by OHIP, you must have a medical reason to receive a service or treatment. Cosmetic surgery, for example, is not covered. http://www.health.gov.on.ca/en/public/programs/ohip/ohipfaq_mn.aspx https://www.ontario.ca/page/apply-ohip-and-get-health-card#section-2
What is covered under the Ontario Drug Benefit Program?
https://www.ontario.ca/page/get-coverage-prescription-drugs
OHIP+ Prescription medicines for people under 25
http://www.health.gov.on.ca/en/pro/programs/drugs/ohipplus/
What OHIP does not cover?
- prescription drugs provided in non-hospital settings (e.g. antibiotics prescribed by your family doctor)
- dental services provided in a dentist’s office
- eyeglasses, contact lenses
- laser eye surgery
- cosmetic surgery
http://www.health.gov.on.ca/en/public/programs/drugs/ https://www.ontario.ca/page/learn-about-ohip-plus?_ga=2.158425722.1145079512.1519662217-1537174491.1512060736
Travelling outside Ontario
http://www.health.gov.on.ca/en/public/publications/ohip/travel_another_province_territory.aspx
Longer absences from Ontario
http://www.health.gov.on.ca/en/public/publications/ohip/longer_absences.aspx
Travelling outside Canada
https://www.ontario.ca/page/ohip-coverage-while-outside-canada