Class action against tobacco companies

October 21, 2024 – If you need the Health Insurance Number of a tobacco victim or the list of the medical services you have received and that have been paid for by RAMQ, here is how to obtain them. For further information on the class action and eligibility criteria, refer to the Recours tabac (tobacco class actions) website.

Health Insurance Number of a deceased person

If you are the heir of a tobacco victim who passed after November 20, 1998, and need their Health Insurance Number, you must file an access to information request.

Your request must contain the following information:

• First and last names, address
• Information that identifies you (examples: date of birth, health or social insurance number)
• Information identifying the deceased person (full name, social insurance number, date of birth or death, parents' names)
• Copy of the following documents, proving that you are the heir of the deceased person:
  • Death certificate or the attestation of death obtained from the Directeur de l'état civil
  • Will of the deceased person or document confirming your status if the deceased person did not leave a will (examples: marriage contract or a notarized statement, birth certificate)
  • Certificate confirming the results of the search made in the Registres des dispositions testamentaires et des mandats de la Chambre des notaires du Québec
  • Certificate confirming the results of the search made in the Registres des testaments et mandats du Barreau du Québec

Send your request to by mail or fax to:

Mélissa Plamondon
Person in Charge of Access to Documents and the Protection of Confidential Information
Régie de l’assurance maladie du Québec
C. P. 6600, succ. Terminus
Québec (Québec)  G1K 7T3
Fax: 418 266-3395

List of covered services received

The list of the medical services you have received and that have been paid for by RAMQ in the last 7 years is available in the Québec Health Booklet.

If you have not found the information you were looking for in the Québec Health Booklet, you can ask us for a history of the covered services you have received since 1981. To find out more, see History of covered services received.