Try getting out-of-country care reimbursed in Canada

March 12, 2008

It’s next to impossible:

Even after Ms. de Vries obtained a CT scan in the U.S. that suggested she had ovarian cancer, she still couldn’t get treatment in Ontario. She was referred to a gynecologist who would not take her as a patient because she had dismissed his practice partner some years earlier. Another gynecologist said he did not believe she had ovarian cancer. And a general surgeon said she needed a gynecological oncologist.