HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1990-01-03, Page 9Lid s0111114 w•WIlldthY, ar..es 10.6.410 •
Switch from OHIP premiums to Health Tax
ProviaM cal Titsmirer mart Him s
Mewed in his May 1111! bediget that
health care premium ,revenue will he
revisited by the Employer Heat Tax on
40.. 1, 1'M1. �!
Dirring the transition to the E
Health Tax, all Ontario residua* will be
covered for the health aweless they need.
Alt
OHIP s ubr criber.. are expected to
make their premium payments up to
0 31, 10. .
All .existing Ontario health insurance
numbers . remain unchanged, and
subseribers should continue to use their
current identification.. As long as they re-
main residents of Ontario, their coverage
will,remain valid and premium free after
Dec. 31,
SubscribersesHealth
directact ly if there
Miin�try.�of Health
is a change in. their, family status or
address. . 4
• WIMP= Au& Answers
Q: WHEN . WILL PREMIUM
PAYMENTS .END?
A: On Dec. 31, 19e9.
Q: WILL MY HEALTH COVERAGE
CONTINUE AFTER DEC, 31?`
A: Yes.
Q: WIIAT HAPPENS WHEN I, GO TO
THE DOCTOR OR THE HOSPITAL?
A: If you are a resident of Ontario, you
will shave the same, access to the health
care system after the elimination. of
premiums asyou did during the time
when premiums. were collected..
Q:WHY IS THE PREMIUM SYSTEM
BEING CHANGED? . • . .
A: The Government of Ontario and conk/
mittees such as the Social Assistance
Review Committee have all recommend-
ed
ecommended that the premium system be
abolished.
The Social Assistance Review Commit-
tee believed that the elimination of
premium woe easealiel-midi
-
kir +emany law4acemepe
Premiums on e a regressive form of
taxation thet hurts the poor, even though
excellent amistance programs for belp*
paying ptiume wire available.
Mato , the • for health core
has been shared by , . tell b iia at.
Each realties' , . . is from Ontario's,
universal health care system. The in-.
troduc ion of the Employer Health Tax
will ensure that all employees contribute
a share, of the finming -of health care.
This is a more reesonable then
. f pat. that approach
employees d others contributing
nothing at all.
COVERED?� WILL TREY !X
dA: Comma wiR comma ate their revers.
leteee
chane
miriade' pion aphes. If their date el
arrival in Oster* to
they will be required make premium
Q- SINCE PREMIUM NOW PAID BY
AN EMPLOYER ARE AAS TO AN
EMI'IMEIT8 T4 SIP AS A TAXABLE
BENZ 'IT, WILL THE EMPWYEE NO
LONGER HAVE TO. PAY INCOME TAX
ON THE AMOUNT– OF THAT
ArThe Employee Hoeft Tax isx not .a
taxable benefit, es et MS the eaapleyee
wit net be required M pity imam tax at
that smart.
A�TM NEW Sam AFFECT
alb ofmesas
so
that perms tanning $� lam`
tae. y far exemption they meet still
register at 0 fartDrug
Benefit Pba.
Q: HOW WILL THE NEW SYSTEM AF-
FECT
FFECT COMPANY BENEFIT PLANS
THAT ALSO INCLUDE PRIVATE AND
NMI -PRIVATE HOSPITAL Bim?
A: Private supplementary iaauance
Cove !! won't affected by the�,
Q: HOW WIf . BE HOOVERED I1• . rM Opiuon
UNEMpidiYFl?.
A; After the end of December, all On-
tario residents, whetter unemployed,,_
employed, self^employed or retired,: are
eligible for coverage. The sole crl:terion
for eligibility will be residency you
must ordinal*be present in
Ontario,.,en
titled to re>nain in Canada, And make
your hoarse in Ontario: •
Q: I LIVE IN ONTARIO, BUT WORK IN
DETROIT HULL). .HOW AM I
COVERED?
• A: Health insurance coverage iS based .on
residency in Ontario and not en the place
on employment. As long as you remain a
resident of Ontario, you will continue to , a'
be eligible for insuredhealth services. ,
Q: I LVE, IN DETROIT (HULL), BUT
WORK IN WINDSOR. (OTTAWA). WILL
I BE COVERED?
A: If you are not a resident, you are:not
eligible:
Q: WHAT ABOUT _CANADIANS MOV-
ING TO ONTARIO FROM OTHER PRO -
The Reeve Of The
Corporation of the Township.ofAshfield
officially proclaims the month M
January - 1990
7 to be
"CRIME STOPPERS MONTH".
"YOUR FIRST ..........;.
CHOICE(....
jJa$lCer$FOR FASHION"
or3Vfen &Women-
Sock idl sla.4312 _ ' ..,
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Bruce . Count Federal
OMAF's "Look Ahead" Conference, in
Toronto. It was a fascinating .and, distur-
bing event that gets more profomudly
disturbing the longer I things about it.
The list 01ers was impressive,
but leaned bea W ttowards the processor -
retailer side of the agri-food industry.
Those who dealt with farming • at all, did
so from a political or academic
perspective.
The repeated message was that
agribusiness is a rapidly changing, high*
competitive industry in which the end.
user, "Mrs. Consumer," ultimately calls
all the shoots. Every level of the industry
must be able to adapt to consumer trends
in order to compete, Theopening up .. of
:old trade is crew, a�=
modity market in lowest cost of
A prefemorr from Wisconeth spelled this `8
out when he ridiculed arguments against.
BST for dairy cows. "We know it will in-
crease surpluses while driving out some
producers, - but evert advance- in
technology does that. The' lowest cost of
uction is all that matters." He did,
ever, concede that if consumers don't
want it, it's dead.
As a farmer, I felt about as•important
as a fly on the ceiling of that 1,000 seat
conference room. What part does the
farmer play in this "look ahead"? An ex-
tremely small one! The president of
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