RAMQ administers the public health and prescription drug insurance plans. It also remunerates health professionals.
You must still have prescription drug insurance coverage when you are unemployed or temporarily absent from work (example: illness, maternity).
Several statutes and regulations govern RAMQ’s activities in the management of the health insurance and prescription drug insurance plans.
RAMQ administers the Québec Health Insurance Plan. Eligible persons who are registered benefit from various covered health services.
Under certain conditions, your children continue benefiting from your prescription drug coverage upon turning 18 if they are full-time students.
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.
You have different ways of obtaining information (online, telephone, in writing) about the health insurance plan and the Public Prescription Drug Insurance Plan, among others.
When you turn 65, you are automatically registered with the Public Prescription Drug Insurance Plan. If you are also eligible for a private plan, you have a choice to make.
The site map will help you find your way around the main sections of the RAMQ Citizens website.
