Eli5: Why are health cards not allowed when asked for government issued ID?

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Everytime I am asked to bring government issued ID to a meeting. I am told health cards will not count. Why not? It shows a photo and it’s government issued. But drivers licenses are allowed, hell in most places they will accept credit cards.

Canada Ontario

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Obligatory this answer is from an American here. Government issued ID cards have photo, name, and date of birth, and are only issued with certified residency. Health cards, despite also being government issued, usually don’t have all the security features that are present on other government issued ID (because its usage in the Health offices provide different checks against fraud and counterfeit.)

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