phone conversation with woman from toronto midwives collective:
March 11th, 2008
kate: “hi, we’ve looked over the information you gave us yesterday and we do have an available midwife for your due date - nicole. if you’re still interested, we can set up a time for you to meet her this week or next week.”
emily: “great, but i have a question first that you may or may not be able to answer. i tried to call my insurance provider yesterday and they hit a computer snag and couldn’t help me: we’re covered under UHIP (readers: university health insurance plan for international students), and i’m not sure if it covers midwife care for americans or other international students.”
kate: “okay, here’s the deal: you don’t have to have UHIP or OHIP (readers: ontario health insurance plan, which ontario residents have) or anything at all to receive care from us. you just have to live in ontario.”
emily: “no insurance?”
kate: ”no… you only have to live here for us to provide care. we don’t need to bill an insurance company.”
emily: “but you don’t bill me, either?”
kate: *pause* “no… we bill the ministry of health. you would only need to provide coverage or be billed for any ultrasounds and lab tests that you might need or want done (readers: which UHIP does completely). the rest is taken care of.”
emily: *silence*
kate: *laughs* “i just blew your mind, didn’t i?”
so… mikey and i are going to meet nicole next wednesday. and she’s free. FREE. thanks, ontario ministry of health.
Taken from http://www.catholicanarchy.org/papyrophobia/?p=377
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