Thursday, December 17, 2009

Quebec Launches Bar-Coded Medicare Cards

The Quebec health insurance board is to launch a new "smart" card for valid health care users, starting in January 2010. Photograph by: Wikipedia

From The Montreal Gazette:

MONTREAL - The Quebec health insurance board is to launch a new "smart" card for valid health care users, starting in January 2010.

The new card, to be phased in over a period of four years, will have a bar code providing the individual's Medicare number.

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