Short term health insurance in BC?

[settlementq]

A new immigrant does not have insurance for the first 90 days in BC.

Could someone please point to an economic private health insurance.

Thanks

 

[links18]

Check out Manulife or Great Western Life......

 

[max101]

A new immigrant does not have insurance for the first 90 days in BC.

Could someone please point to an economic private health insurance.

Thanks

Hey, actually I did extensive research on this recently. what i find is that the temporary insurance covers only Emergencies. Regarding Price and coverage, they are all quite similar. Following are some helpful Links. Personally I am thinking to go with coverme.com (I think this same as Manufile) and get the $100,000 insurance.

Regular visits to Doctor will not be covered. They have walk-in clinics that cost about $100 per visit. Let me know if you can find any cheaper alternatives for non-emergency doctor visits. Also share you thought on your choices.

http://www.bluecross.ca
http://www.coverme.com (Manulife)
https://www.travelunderwriters.com
http://www.bcaa.com
http://www.travelinsurance.ca/
http://www.etfsinc.com/

http://www.travelinsurancequotes.ca/

http://www.tripadvisor.in/mgo-g154943-s206?rev=11

http://www.bcpassport.com/vital/medical.html
http://www.bcpassport.com

http://www.kanetix.ca/about_suppliers_gen

hsbc.ca
https://buy.travelguard.com/tgi2/proc/productlisting.aspx?br=hsbc&arc=5874&st=53&cn=2

 

[Leon]

Regular visits to Doctor will not be covered. They have walk-in clinics that cost about $100 per visit. Let me know if you can find any cheaper alternatives for non-emergency doctor visits. Also share you thought on your choices.

Do not go to a commercial walk-in clinic if you have other options. They tend to be money mills. I used to go to one and they had their price list at the front desk, everything costs $100. I needed an insurance form filled out, $100. A friend of mine had a doctor that did it for him for free. They also milk the provincial insurance by making you come back for countless unneccessary visits. I needed a copy of something from my file, I was willing to pay the cost for the copy but I could not get it without seeing a doctor so I had to wait 45 minutes for the doctor to say ok, you can get this copy. For that they charge the provincial health care system $80 because they can call it a doctors visit.

Instead try to find a smaller walk-in or just a regular doctor who is taking new patients. You will still have to pay but they may be a lot more reasonable with their prices. I had one in Toronto before I got OHIP, a walk-in but a small one with only one doctor. He would sometimes charge me nothing and sometimes $5 or something.

 

[max101]

Does anyone know any reasonable way to visit doctor for non-emergency? in Vancouver? This is for without healthcard.

 

[PMM]

Hi

Does anyone know any reasonable way to visit doctor for non-emergency? in Vancouver? This is for without healthcard.

Walkin Clinic

PMM

 

[max101]

Thanks. I heard that walk-in clinics are like $100 per visit. Is there anything cleaper for example in local community?

If I suffer from Flu or Bad stomach, and I just need a doctor to prescribe some medicine. is there any cheaper way other than walk-in clinic?

 

[Leon]

You can buy a lot of medicine over the counter in Canada. You don't need to see a doctor for a flu or a bad stomach. To find out prices of different doctors or walk-ins, ask them. Maybe some are cheaper. My experience, the big ones that have their price lists posted at the front desk will charge you those prices. A smaller clinic or just a single doctor if you find one that is willing to take you on as a new patient would be more willing to negotiate.