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Federal government’s handful of health cut reversals won’t help most refugees: doctors
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CityNews Vancouver
TORONTO — The federal government has reinstated full coverage for a handful of health-care services for refugees, but doctors say it’s not nearly enough.
The Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP) also requires refugees and refugee claimants to pay $4 for every prescription — another cost Rezaiefar said many patients can’t cover.
Ait said the move is meant to align refugee health coverage with provincial and territorial health benefits.
“We’re blaming refugees and newcomers for our health-care system that is already struggling and we’re making health care more inequitable,” she said.
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