Re: «Taxpayer trapped by the ‘-’ in her title,» column, Sept. 11.
I can relate to the new combined driver’s licence/B.C. medical card problems with mismatched names.
My driver’s licence exhibits the hyphen in my first title, my birth certificate exhibits the hyphen in my name and my «old» B.C. medical card depicts the lacking hyphen by leaving an area. So once i renewed my driver’s licence and the difference was spotted, I used to be instructed to go to Providers B.C. with my birth certificate to indicate the correct spelling and the issue could be fixed.
Not so quick. My medical is First Nation coverage, so they gave me a kind to complete, and i would want to hunt approval of the Non-Insured Health Advantages Program to alter it. My government-issued «status» card reveals the correct spelling with the hyphen — nonetheless not adequate.
So now I need to fill out more paperwork, send in my birth certificate or a notarized copy of my start certificate and possibly my correctly spelled standing card. I showed the agent my standing card and asked: Why can’t you just confirm it all right here? I’ve had this medical card for therefore a few years, I’ve all the documents required and nonetheless I must do the work for the B.C. government, which can’t fix a hyphen glitch in its system.
The answer: NIHB is group protection, so we’d like their approval to give you the brand new card. Are they kidding me? I’ve had my own health care since turning 18. I’m not making use of for well being protection.
This begs the query of how antiquated the government’s file-retaining techniques are, or how resistant they are to altering policy? The man-hours spent with people working around accommodating something this ridiculous leaves little religion in how efficient other techniques are when it comes to dealing with companies or guidelines that taxpayers should abide by when it comes to outdated techniques.
To date, I have not filled out extra paperwork, photocopied my «correct» birth certificate given to me more than 60 years ago, taken the photocopy to a notary to certify as a true copy, filled out the envelope, copied all my documentation to place within the envelope, put a $1.25 stamp on it or driven to the put up workplace to post it.
It’s the precept of it. I agree with the girl going through the issue: ハイフ 大阪 安い Why don’t people do their jobs, and if this must be run by the premier to fix a «-» so be it. It’s a waste of my time and taxpayer dollars. So possibly in five years, once i need to renew my licence, they will have fixed this in a «dash» of time.
