New CF Bride Can't Get Medical Coverage for Birth in SK

[armyvern]

Health care comes under provincial jurisdiction.
What one province decides to do does not guarantee that it will be translated to equal service in another.
It's messy but, that's how they wrote the rules & allocated responsibilities... So, for the fella living in Manitoba = deal with it.  For the Sask gov't who has agreed to cover the costs..... you have really put your foot in it this time.

Bet you it still ends up at the Supreme Court arguing "for coverage" -- just like BCs non-coverage of treatment for some autism related healthcare did, just like some Provinces charging user fees while others did not did, just like private clinics did, just like drug coverage differences between provinces did, as sex-change coverage differences for operations did, differences in disability and mental health services and coverage did ... ... etc etc.

Even if they don't win the case -- it's costing taxpayers a small fortune.

 

[Gunner98]

geo, you're right.  The SK gov't has put their foot in it and set a precedent.

More specifically, they have ignored the precedents and now face the potential for many refused claims to be appealed/re-opened.

 

[geo]

Our tax dollars at work.... what else can I say?