"The rollercoaster ride won't be as hard as it would have been without the health care there," he said. The family had appealed to OHIP's eligibility review committee, asking that the standard three-month waiting period for the reinstatement of health coverage be waived. Alexia's story has similarities to Windsor man Dan Duma, who didn't have OHIP coverage when he died of cancer in 2016. When he died, Duma was one month into the three-month waiting period after returning to Ontario from three years away working in Alberta. The bill passed second reading the year Duma died, but hasn't progressed further since.

Source: CBC News April 29, 2019 19:32 UTC