Refugee Health Care
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Refugee health care gets $283M boost, but some patients turned away by providers: studyCanada's health program for refugees and asylum seekers is getting a $283 million boost over the next two years.CanadaMar 27, 2019
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Migrants tend to be healthier than people in wealthy countries they move to: studyIn general, migrants have a higher life expectancy than residents of wealthy host countries, the study found.HealthDec 6, 2018
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Refugee Engagement and Community Health holds first clinic in SaskatoonRefugee Engagement and Community Health held its first clinic for refugees living in Saskatoon.HealthFeb 1, 2017
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Refugee health care’s coming back. Will doctors get the memo?The federal government promised to restore full refugee health care by April 1. But researchers worry confused clinicians will keep turning people away.CanadaFeb 19, 2016
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Refugee health care will be fully restored April 1, feds sayThe federal Liberals are going to follow through on their promise to reinstate refugee health care cut four years ago, they say. They just haven't had time yet.CanadaFeb 18, 2016
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Refugee family reunited after 9 years in limboIt was a long, long wait. Nine years since Sana Hassan had last held, smelled, hugged her husband and eldest sons; nine years — 60 per cent of his life — since Omar had last seen his dad or older brothers. But the final few hours were especially agonizing, as Hassan and her son stood,...WorldFeb 10, 2016
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Federal government formally drops lawsuit over refugee health care cutsThe Liberals have formally dropped the previous government's appeal of a Federal Court decision that found the Conservatives' cuts to health coverage for some refugees and refugee claimants were unconstitutional.CanadaDec 16, 2015
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As Canada welcomes Syrians, other refugees still lack health careThe government still hasn't followed through on its election promise to reverse health cuts to refugee care made under the previous government three years ago.CanadaDec 10, 2015
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What’s the deal with refugee health care? A brief explainerThere seems to be a lot of confusion over what health care Canada offers refugees and refugee claimants and what will happen to the Syrian refugees Canada has pledged to resettle over the next few months. Here's a very brief, very basic primer.CanadaNov 26, 2015
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Unanswered questions from the Liberals’ Syrian refugee strategyThere are still plenty of unanswered questions when it comes to Canada's ambitious, amorphous refugee resettlement plan. Here are a few of them.CanadaNov 24, 2015
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