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3 unusual facts about Ontario Health Insurance Plan


Ed Ziemba

An outspoken and controversial politician, Ziemba spent six days in Toronto's Don Jail in 1977 for contempt of court when he refused to reveal his informant for allegations that the principals of Abko Laboratories were defrauding the Ontario Health Insurance Plan.

Ontario Health Insurance Plan

Every Ontario resident with his or her primary and permanent home in Ontario is entitled to access emergency and preventive medical care (although Bariatric surgery in many cases is not covered) under OHIP free of charge.

The Ontario Health Insurance Plan (in French: Assurance-Santé de l'Ontario, and commonly known in both languages by the acronym OHIP, pronounced "oh-hip") is the government-run health insurance plan for the Canadian province of Ontario.



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