Under the framework of their healthcare plan, do you know if they are required to get treatment within their own province in order to get reimbursement; or can they travel to other areas of Canada where perhaps there are more specialists?
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There are at least a dozen Canadian cities that are larger than Miami. Toronto is 10 times as large as Miami - it seems odd that they wouldn't have skilled specialists in this procedure.
Each province determines whether or not it will cover the costs (not reimbursement, there is no out-of-pocket cost for medically necessary services) for its residents for services not available within that province. My province, Alberta, makes a case by case determination, as there is little that is unavailable here; Newfoundland may be different. But a person going out of province for treatment would be prioritized on the basis of medical necessity, not financial ability.
Mr. Williams is a multi-millionaire, having made his fortune in broadcasting. If I had the financial resources to queue-jump (which is exactly what Mr. Williams is doing), and had the choice of recuperating in Miami or Toronto (or Montreal or Calgary or Vancouver, for that matter) in February, I'd go south too.
BTW, the city of Toronto at 2.5 million may be six (not ten) times the size of the city of Miami at 413,000. However, the Census Metropolitan Area of Toronto is about 5.1 million. The Miami metro area population is 5.5 million.