While the appeals board reversed a prior OHIP decision to deny all reimbursement for about $100,000 (based on an earlier claim by OHIP that the procedure had been available in Ontario), it covered compensation only from the date the application was received, which means only the second half of the treatment was covered. This, despite the fact that the application was delayed by her doctor by two months and was not received until July, 2005 – and prior to that time (June, 2005) OHIP was allowing reimbursement claims made after out of country treatment was started.
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