Why private health insurance coverage in Canada needs a review

Isn’t it time to use the group life-insurance conversion model for group health insurance when someone in Canada is laid off?

Health Minister Jane Philpott. Canada is one of few countries in the world with a universal health system that doesn’t include prescription drug coverage as a medically necessary benefit. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY JOHN HAVE, ROBERT L. BROWN

September 7, 2016

The news media recently carried a story about a nine-year-old boy in New Brunswick who was denied private health coverage because of his weight (at 5 foot 2 inches and 135 pounds). His family was shocked—as were many reading the story—that a child could be denied private health coverage in Canad...

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