Thursday, November 8, 2012

Ontario Health Card, why does it need to be renewed when a child is 2 years old


Ontario Health Card, why does it need to be renewed when a child is 2 years old?
My daughters health card expired about 2.5 months ago. It's just been one big headache. I still haven't gotten her card and I called today just to be told to resend it because it must have gotten lost in the mail. Why does it even have to be renewed at 2 years anyways? I would understand if it had her picture on it, since a child changes in appearance so quickly in the first few years. Even the adult cards don't expire for like 3 years or something and they have the photo on them. So why do we have to do it after 2 for our children? I Haz A Bucket, yeah we're going down tomorrow and getting it done. I'm not waiting another 4-6 weeks or longer lol We still need to get her in for her 2 year check up!
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1 :
You answered your own question...its because she does not have her picture on it.
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Because they need to renew them due to fraud. People taking advantage of the healthcare but not living here they need to update addresses and the next one you get isnt 2 years its 6 or at least Raynes is. You have to renew let them know you still live here and someone else isnt using the card. Its one of the main reasons we dont have the old red and white cards anymore....Those didnt need to be renewed and people who shouldnt have been were using them....If they dont know exactly how many people need OHIP they wont get proper funding or funding is wasted... That a long time to wait have you thought about going down and doing it in person rather than mailing it in? That way it cant get lost....





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