Originally Posted by
Losligato
I used to work at the KOA campground in San Diego and we had a whole flock of Canadian snowbirds. I seem to remember that they would rush back to Canada just before the six month expiration of their health insurance coverage. If they were outside of Canada for more than six months - I think it was six?- they would lose the government coverage. Is this still true?
As far as I am aware, this is still the case. We are anticipating buying insurance for our domestic coverage when we return to Canada this coming summer. In some situations, studying abroad, you can get that 6 month limit extended to a year but that's the max.