Toronto musician Owen Pallett aka Final Fantasy has been stripped of his Ontario health benefits after the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care found Pallett to be ineligible for OHIP coverage on grounds that his time in Ontario didn't meet the minimum requirement of 153 days in any 12-month period. Pallet spends the majority of his time touring and recording outside of Ontario.
On the morning of February 26, Trinity-Spadina Member of Provincial Parliament Rosario Marchese and NDP Critic for Health and Long-Term Care, France Gelinas, sent a letter to George Smitherman, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, urging "immediate intervention to help Owen Pallett."
Pointing out that Pallett should be exempt from the 153 day requirement according to Regulation 552 of the Health Insurance Act because his Ontario absences were for employment purposes, Marchese and Gelinas call the Ministry's hasty decision to revoke the award-winning musician's health insurance "inappropriate and unnecessary,"
Yeah, no shit!
Read the story from Exclaim! here
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