CA health care/insurance for non-citizens?

"James Silverton" wrote in message
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Canuck57 wrote on Sun, 5 Oct 2008 09:32:09 -0600:


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Liam wrote on Fri, 3 Oct 2008 13:40:23 -0700 (PDT):

1. What about our daughter? Are there any programs that will
cover her, or will he have to buy private insurance for her as long as
we're there?

2. My wife has a chronic condition that requires regular
meds and doctor visits; will this disqualify her from being able to use
the social healthcare regardless of employment?

3. (More a US insurance question) When we return to the U.S.
after I graduate, will she be considered as having been
uninsured and will need to pay the higher rates and
uninsured waiting period before coverage for pre-existing
conditions are covered?

Careful! "CA" is not an abbreviation for Canada but for
California.

So google.ca is California?

Written lower case as ".ca" it's an Internet extension. I don't know of
any other use where CA would be understood as any thing but an
abbreviation for California. I did not want to raise the hackles of
umbrageous Canadians but was simply trying to avoid confusion.

For proud Canadians, California's population is slightly greater than that
of Canada.

Understand that. Have a spare green card? I hear we can get some decent
homes for under $200,000.... be happy to buy occupy one. Winters are so
much nicer in California.

On Sun, 5 Oct 2008, James Silverton wrote:
I don't know of any other use where CA would be understood as
any thing but an abbreviation for California.

It is an international standard that ca stands for Canada:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1

California would US-CA instead of just CA.

That said, I usually write in lower case when I use the 2 letter
country code, to reduce possibility of confusion.

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S wrote on Tue, 7 Oct 2008 08:22:14 -0400:

On Sun, 5 Oct 2008, James Silverton wrote:
I don't know of any other use where CA would be understood as
any thing but an abbreviation for California.

It is an international standard that ca stands for Canada:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1

California would US-CA instead of just CA.

That said, I usually write in lower case when I use the 2
letter country code, to reduce possibility of confusion.

Where, apart from one standard, on the internet, is "ca" used as an
abbreviation for Canada? This discussion has also been running at cross
purposes since both sides are correct except for the fact that "ca" is
always lower case and "CA" upper case in the abbreviations mentioned.

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On Tue, 7 Oct 2008, James Silverton wrote:
Where, apart from one standard, on the internet,

I believe that "one standard" is the most prominent one, and
bases for many international use.

is "ca" used as an abbreviation for Canada?

Here are the list of some official usage of those 2 letters
country code:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_316...d_applications

One usage that may be used by common people, other than Internet
ccTLD, is currency codes. For example CAD come from CA
(represent Canada) and D (for Dollar).

that "ca" is always lower case and "CA" upper case in the
abbreviations mentioned.

The standard actually does not say so. CA do represent Canada
(as MD represent Moldova, IL represent Israel, TN represent
Tunisia, etc.) It just my personal preference to use lower case
to reduce confusion.

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(stephan paul) Arif Sahari Wibowo
_____ _____ _____ _____
/____ /____/ /____/ /____
_____/ / / / _____/ http://www.arifsaha.com/

Disclaimer: IANAL, IANALP, IANAMD, IANAMP, IANAAP
my statements - if any - should be treated as such.

S wrote on Wed, 8 Oct 2008 10:20:38 -0400:

On Tue, 7 Oct 2008, James Silverton wrote:
Where, apart from one standard, on the internet,

I believe that "one standard" is the most prominent one, and bases for
many international use.

is "ca" used as an abbreviation for Canada?

Here are the list of some official usage of those 2 letters country
code:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_316...d_applications

That's a very interesting list but, if perhaps I am to be accused of
trying to get the last word; in the US, CA in capitals means California
to the average person and also to a Canadian writing to someone in
California since it is customarily part of the address on relevant mail.
I'll admit that you don't really need the state abbreviation since the
ZIP code, especially the 9-digit one is almost enough for an address. My
own specifies one of 4 houses and I gather there is an 11-digit one that
denotes my house.

Currency codes are generally 3 capital letters like CAD, GBP, USD, EUR
etc.

I promise I won't add anything more to this thread so please feel
welcome to the last word :-)

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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James Silverton wrote:

That's a very interesting list but, if perhaps I am to be accused of
trying to get the last word; in the US, CA in capitals means California
to the average person and also to a Canadian writing to someone in
California since it is customarily part of the address on relevant mail.
I'll admit that you don't really need the state abbreviation since the
ZIP code, especially the 9-digit one is almost enough for an address. My
own specifies one of 4 houses and I gather there is an 11-digit one that
denotes my house.

Currency codes are generally 3 capital letters like CAD, GBP, USD, EUR etc.

I promise I won't add anything more to this thread so please feel
welcome to the last word :-)


Maybe people should have read the OP before getting pedantic. The OP
indicated quite clearly that he was going to study in Ontario. Granted,
there is a two letter code CA for California and there is is an Ontario
California. However, he was asking about government health care, and
since Canadian provinces have socialized health care, it was quite
obvious that he we referring to Canada, not California. If that wasn't
enough of a clue, the comment that he would be returning to the US
should have made it idiot proof. Apparently, it wasn't.

On Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:15:22 -0400, Dave Smith
wrote:

Maybe people should have read the OP before getting pedantic. The OP
indicated quite clearly that he was going to study in Ontario. Granted,
there is a two letter code CA for California and there is is an Ontario
California. However, he was asking about government health care, and
since Canadian provinces have socialized health care, it was quite
obvious that he we referring to Canada, not California. If that wasn't
enough of a clue, the comment that he would be returning to the US
should have made it idiot proof. Apparently, it wasn't.

How could you expect logical thinking from an idiot who suggests that
population size is something that inspires national pride?

I suppose some americans have become so socially bankrupt these days
that they have nothing else to brag up except their state population
sizes.