Before leaving Québec to travel or study, or before moving abroad, check your situation with regard to health insurance and prescription drug insurance.
Consult the list of online services and forms related to health insurance and prescription drugs insurance for citizens, foreign workers and students.
Several services available at pharmacies are covered by the Public Prescription Drug Insurance Plan. Find out the services available with or without a fee.
Several statutes and regulations govern RAMQ’s activities in the management of the health insurance and prescription drug insurance plans.
Learn how to register a newborn or adopted child for the Health Insurance Plan and the Public Prescription Drug Insurance Plan.
You can apply for a reimbursement with your pharmacist for the cost of purchased medications that are usually covered.
The public plan covers the prescription drugs on the List of Medications that are prescribed by a health professional and, in most cases, purchased in Québec.
In certain situations (such as studies, work, 7-year exception), you may be absent from Québec 183 days or more in a calendar year and still remain eligible for health insurance.
Find out about RAMQ’s services with respect to health insurance and prescription drug insurance and see the programs it administers.
Find out what steps you need to take with your insurer when you leave Québec to settle elsewhere.
