Getting it out of the way that I know I should have taken care of all this on time, it’s all my fault, etc etc… but anyway.
As we are all hopefully aware, Health Insurance cards expired 12/2/2025. If you were on top of things, you would have already linked your My Number card to your health insurance. Not only did I NOT do that, I realized that my My Number card has expired.
I’m going to the ward office tomorrow to “renew” my card (read: apply for a new one, to be received in two months), but in the meantime, how am I supposed to use my health insurance? I’ve read some things about a yellow stopgap card, but I never received one of those either. I have a prescription that I get refilled every 40 days, and I’m nearing the end of the cycle. Ideally, the yellow card will show up and buy me some time, but the fact that My Number cards expire completely slipped my mind when renewing my visa and now I’m annoyed at the whole process.
Do I NEED my health insurance card for a clinic I’ve been regularly going to for several years? I’m not sure if the card is something they actually have to run every time or if it’s just a formality and I’m already “in the system.”
by pavaal