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===Delisting===
Delisting is the term used in [[Canada]] when a province decides that a medical procedure will no longer be covered by the health care system in that [[province]].

While health care coverage is country wide, and is required to be portable and to have equal access, there are a few differences between what provinces will cover. In some cases, this has resulted in lost [[Grant (money)|grants]] to the provinces; in other cases it has not.{{citation needed|date=October 2011}}

An example of a delisted service is [[circumcision]] in [[Ontario]]. It is still possible to have a boy circumcised in Ontario by a [[physician|doctor]] but the parents must pay the cost.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/ask-a-health-expert/circumcision-5-facts-and-3-misconceptions-to-consider-before-you-do-it/article9461671/|title=Circumcision: 5 facts and 3 misconceptions to consider before you do it|work=The Globe and Mail|access-date=May 6, 2017}}</ref>

The issue of delisting services is becoming increasingly a political battleground in Canadian health care. In an effort to cut their health care budgets, some provincial governments will opt to delist specific services under the guise that they lack essential medical necessity; however, the question of what qualifies as medical necessity is in these instances typically debated. For example, except for seniors, children, and diabetics eye exams to check vision are no longer covered in Ontario.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.health.gov.on.ca/english/public/pub/ohip/services.html|title= Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care – Public Information – Ontario Health Insurance Plan – Health Services|access-date=July 28, 2012}}</ref>