Does it pay to tell the truth?

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Here in Canada we renew our driving permits every year. Theres a form at the back that has to do with your health. They ask if you have high blood pressure, if you're depressed, trouble seeing, etc. So hubby is taking medication to keep his high blood pressure under control, so as we're both filling up our permits (we both have our birthday in the same month) he asks me if he should say he has high blood pressure. I tell him that I wouldnt tell but its up to him. So he says he has high blood pressure and now he's in deep doodoo!! He got a letter 2 weeks after we sent back our permits. It says he has to have a doctor fill in forms. Not only for his high blood pressure but for his sight, hearing and a whole lotta stuff too. He has a family doctor at a private clinic (the only way one can get a doctor now here). He calls to make an appointment but his doctor is no longer seeing his patients, he'll only work one day a week in the morning and its first come, first served. They also tell him that he wont be able to fill in those forms, so he has to pick a new doctor. Fine, he goes today and they tell him that in order for a doctor to fill in the forms, he has to have a whole medical first which will cost around $400. Apparently, from now on, he'll have to have a medical every year and pay an extra $75 for a doctor to fill in the forms. Sounds like the day he put that little "X" next to high blood pressure, a black cloud appeared over his head. These days, trying to find a doctor is nearly impossible. The only way one can have a doctor is to go to a private clinic and pay. You pay once $400 (for the medical they say) then have access to the same doctor. Since his doctor is no longer seeing his patients, now he has to go through the whole process again. I smell a rat here! Im trying to think of a way to get him to see a doctor to fill in those papers so he wont lose his driving permit. I hate the government putting his nose in everything. So, what do you think, would you tell the truth and risk having to go through all this sh*t?? How can he possibly get out of this issue now?