END OF RED/WHITE HEALTH CARDS IN ONTARIO

   The Ontario government has set July 1 as the date the red and white health cards will no longer be accepted — more than 25 years after the province first announced those cards would be phased out.
   There are still about 300,000 red-and-white health cards in circulation, representing about two per cent of all Ontario health cards.

   When the photo ID cards were first announced in 1995, the government estimated the red-and-white cards were being used for $65 million in fraudulent claims a year.