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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Melgar" data-source="post: 2697445" data-attributes="member: 520626">Our flight has been delayed 2 hours so here I am. [USER=388279]@FHunt1984[/USER] . I live in British Columbia. I am a Duel National holding both Canadian and UK passports. If you are staying in Canada for two years and able to work then you should be able to use our healthcare system. In BC is is called the Medical Service Plan or MSP. There are restrictions. For the first 3 months you will have to provide your own health Insurance. You will have to do this in the UK. Private health insurance companies here usually piggy back on provincial health care plans. It is the same for Canadians. If a Canadian moves province, they use their former province to cover them for the first three months in their new province, but in your case you don't have one so you must use the UK and get travel insurance to cover you. .How much is it and what is the procedure for getting medication? You go along to any pharmacy and obtain your drugs. Depending on your private policy you may have to pay upfront for the drugs and then send your receipts to your private insurance. Try and get a 3 month supply of you your prescription before you fly. If you require a new prescription in that 3 month waiting period you will have to go to a Dr here who will charge you about $150 for the consultation. In my experience when coming back to the UK you will have to wait 6 months to re-establish residency before you can enter the NHS system. I believe you are covered for any emergency life threatening situation with that 6 months.</blockquote>

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