Chat appointments are an uninsured service, not covered by OHIP.

Source: https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2023/01/02/forget-the-video-calls-how-about-chat-medical-websites-try-to-work-around-ontarios-new-lower-fees-for-virtual-visits.html

In addition to more than 445,000 views, the ministry of health responded assuring that this was an OHIP covered service.

Source: https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-hospital-apologizes-for-mistakenly-asking-100-patients-to-pay-120-for-test-1.6477065

So now we can go to a private clinic for some procedures and OHIP will cover it.

Source: https://www.thespec.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editors/2023/01/21/jan-21-spectator-readers-have-a-lot-to-say-about-ontarios-new-private-health-initiative.html

The report said that some of the clinics called, which included independent health facilities, provided misleading information, including telling them that specialty lenses not covered by OHIP were necessary.

Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/9329915/ontario-private-hospital-health-facility-funding/