Alberta Health Cards Now Expire for the First Time. Smith Calls It Fraud Prevention. Here's How to Keep Your Coverage.

Culture Alberta · Alberta · Aug 24

Alberta Health Cards Now Expire for the First Time. Smith Calls It Fraud Prevention. Here's How to Keep Your Coverage.

Alberta health cards carry an expiry date for the first time since the paper card was introduced in 1969, and keeping AHCIP coverage means revalidating in person before that date. Premier Danielle Smith is defending the change as fraud prevention, pointing to roughly half a million more health numbers than residents. Here's where your date is, what to bring to the registry, the one-time grace period most people don't know exists, and what happens if you miss it.