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Part 1: Answer the following questions:

Are hospital stays and laboratory tests covered in Aberta?
What is reciprocal billing and how does it apply to your province?
Is there a reciprocal billing form to be completed?
Does reciprocal billing include emergency hospital care in your province?
Is Quebec part of the reciprocal billing agreement for medical office visits and emergency hospital care?

Part 2: Each province has its own government sponsored health plan. Most features such as eligibility, enrollment, out of province benefits and payment options - are almost identical. Each patient claiming a medical doctors' office visit or procedure must present their health card upon arriving at the physician office.

Answer the following questions:

How does a provincial resident obtain a health card? What documents are necessary?
Is the health card number used in the billing the MoH ? Why is this important?