Posted on 01/26/2026 6:48:43 PM PST by simpson96
A Manitoba appeal board has dismissed an appeal from a woman whose surgery to treat advanced colorectal cancer was cancelled because she is on a visitor's record and is not considered eligible for provincial health coverage.
The woman came to Canada in February 2024 on a visitor record, which was later extended until October 2025 by federal immigration officials, according to a Jan. 2 decision by the Manitoba Health Appeal Board.
She started experiencing "severe gastrointestinal pain" in December 2024 and she was diagnosed with advanced colorectal cancer, the decision said.
According to the document, a surgery was scheduled for July 13, 2025, but it was cancelled because the woman didn't have provincial health coverage.
Manitoba Health denied the woman's application for coverage in an Aug. 12 letter, pointing to her "ineligibility due to her legal status in Manitoba," the decision said.
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Manitoba Health's insurance division argued it is following the Health Services Insurance Act's residency regulation and the woman is "not entitled to provincial health coverage" because she is in Canada on a visitor's record, the document said.
Health officials asked that the appeal be dismissed.
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Not necessarily just an interesting contrast.
Notice how I said all of that without any hyphens, and only complete words?
Your statement is ambiguous! Some additional punctuation would go a long way towards clarifying what you actually meant to say!
"Not necessarily - [rather] just an interesting contrast."Regards,or
"Not necessarily just - [and] an interesting contrast."
Why should those idiots' mistake make it more expensive for all the rest of us...like people who still smoke cigarettes
No where did I mention free health care for anyone. Try again.
“No where did I mention free health care for anyone. Try again.”
You scorned Canada for not giving her free health care.
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