MSP registration forms are available online or by calling Health Benefits at MSP covers essential medical services provided by doctors, nurses, and midwives. It also covers items and services delivered in hospitals, clinics, or labs, such as medications, x-rays, blood tests, and some types of surgery.
Health Benefits provides clients with back-dated coverage of unpaid MSP premiums up to a maximum of five years. For more information visit the BC Services Card website. This means that you would have to pay the difference in cost. Health Benefits will not pay extra billing charges and will not reimburse extra billing charges. If you are leaving BC, Health Benefits strongly recommends that you purchase additional health insurance. Health Benefits will cover items and services purchased or received in another province, but regular benefit policies will apply.
For more about what's covered, see Coverage Details. However, note that you will have to upload a digital image of an immigration document such as a study permit in order to complete the application. Once you submit your online application for MSP, you should immediately see an application confirmation with a reference number.
You should take a screenshot of this confirmation for your records, and submit it to BCIT in order to satisfy the medical insurance requirement.
Applications typically take about one month to process. Once yours is completed, you can expect to receive some important mail from Health Insurance BC including a confirmation letter, monthly invoices, and your BC Services Card. It is critically important that you provide the correct mailing address in your application and that you notify Health Insurance BC if you move to a different address.
This card will not have your photo on it, but it is possible to later request one with your photo should you wish to do so. You can use your BC Services Card for identification purposes throughout Canada and you should bring it with you if you need to visit a doctor or get any medical treatment.
Be aware that there is a coverage wait period before new and returning residents are eligible to use MSP benefits. The wait period consists of the balance of the month in which residence in British Columbia is established, plus two additional calendar months. Make sure to apply for MSP as early as possible since you may NOT be eligible for MSP benefits while your application is in process, even if your waiting period is complete.
It is very important that you have temporary private medical insurance to cover you from the time you arrive in BC until you are able to be covered by MSP.
BC residents who leave the province for more than 6 months in a calendar year may need to complete another coverage wait period upon return to BC. For more information, see Leaving BC Temporarily.
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