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Access to provincial health coverage while waiting for spousal PR (BC as an example)

YVR123

YVR123

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Jul 27, 2017
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canuck78 said:
Very unusual for an employer to apply for provincial insurance for the an employee and their family. How is that even possible when signatures and a picture are required.
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Acutally, I think that's how mine worked (and was put on hold few years ago until AIP because the policy was not clear/different)
I added my husband to my MSP coverage as part of my family vai HR in my office. I think the reason is that we pay the premium with our pay (deduction ).
I am not sure how it works now becuase there is no need to pay premium for MSP any more.

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/health/health-drug-coverage/msp/group-plan-administrators#:~:text=Employers, unions and pension plans,members enrolled under the group.

update:
I found the answer of my own question. So group plan remains active even after permium is eliminated.
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/health/health-drug-coverage/msp/group-plan-administrators/msp-premium-elimination-jan-1-2020
 
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canuck78

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Jun 18, 2017
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YVR123 said:
Acutally, I think that's how mine worked (and was put on hold few years ago until AIP because the policy was not clear/different)
I added my husband to my MSP coverage as part of my family vai HR in my office. I think the reason is that we pay the premium with our pay (deduction ).
I am not sure how it works now becuase there is no need to pay premium for MSP any more.

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/health/health-drug-coverage/msp/group-plan-administrators#:~:text=Employers, unions and pension plans,members enrolled under the group.

update:
I found the answer of my own question. So group plan remains active even after permium is eliminated.
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/health/health-drug-coverage/msp/group-plan-administrators/msp-premium-elimination-jan-1-2020
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Interesting I was unaware there were group plans for MSP through employers. I an under the impression that MSP had to be applied for individually or as a family unit.
 
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autoscriptor

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Jul 5, 2009
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canuck78 said:
Very unusual for an employer to apply for provincial insurance for the an employee and their family. How is that even possible when signatures and a picture are required.
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Nothing unusual here. Health Insurance BC has a procedure for group enrollment and offers a special form for that. As for the photo, that's done through any ICBC location in the province.
 
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