Are Canadians covered for pre-existing health conditions?

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5. Yes. There are some million dollar treatments that are rare nobody is covered for.

You hear about it when it is a child especially and they do a go fund me. That is for prohibitarily expensive or rare conditions. It usually involves some sort of drug treatment. They are thrapies often not given in the USA either.

I remember my grandmother needed an eye proceedure on her good eye. She only had one eye. The other was glass. She had some money so she gave the public hospital some of the money to buy a specific piece of equipment. They did. She had the procedure. So did others. She was able to drive for another decade.

As per anywhere, in a bad situation the rich can fly anywhere in the world and pay for the treatment they need. But even they don't have access to drugs the pharmaceutical corporations refuse to make.

But as to pre-existing conditions it is not even a consideration how or when you got sick in canada unless that is important to your treatment and future welfare.