In Ontario it's the residency requirement (5 months within 12 mnths starting immediately?) which matters for provincial health coverage, right? Is there a written rule based on what you are referring to regarding status/residency of parents? Would be helpful. Thanks!
2) I read some of these articles too, very scary! Is there somewhere to read about how they classify whats included in "birth" and not covered by the newborn baby's OHIP as you are mentioning? It's not really making sense to me. Also, what is rare, for a child to be admitted to ICU i.e. neonatal care or for the hospital to charge such high bills in this instance? I'm sorry if I'm asking too specific questions, I just need to make sure nothing's being left out with the presence of such huge risks.
You don't need to wait for the 5 year mark. You need to have enough time left in the 5 years to be able to meet the RO.
Eligibility varies from province to province, hence why I said "tends to". Your best option is to just contact OHIP.
Yes, I couldn't read what you referred to on OHIP website. Anyway, thanks for the clarification
Just to clarify this point - daycare costs are the same regardless of the status of the child or parents. So the costs you are seeing will apply to you / your child. There's no discount.
I sounds like you may be a single parent. You would need to have a plan to be able to pay for daycare and living costs. Your timeline is pretty tight if you are closer to 2 years since you said you landed 1-2years ago.
According to a born and bread canadian living in ontario there are discounts of daycare. However I don't know the details. Either way I distracted myself away from my original question
Yes timeline is tight which is why I need to make an informed decision about whether or not to move now or wait for it to become even tighter. I can worry about the later future "later", for now I need to worry about the "right now". By the way this is not a single parent issue
Coverage is not automatic everywhere, hence the massive bills that birth tourists face when their children end up being in the NICU after birth.
You have to be very low income and usually you are on a waiting list for quite some time because the demand for subsidized spots is much larger than the spots available. Perhaps you are referring to child benefit payments.
Thanks for your responds. I understand your point, however the questions I asked were general while specific, and not really related to my "personal" situation. I am asking about rules that would apply for anyone. But its important to mention that I would settle in Ontario, so its the rules for Ontario that I am looking at. I find that any more information about me would be irrelevant and even a distraction to the questions I am really asking. I feel that the information available online is not specific enough for someone in my situation.
