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. Continue reading
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Refugee health care will be fully restored April 1, feds say
The 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. Continue reading
Some Canadian refugees are more equal than others
If you’re a refugee or asylum-seeker in Canada, the debt you’re saddled with and the health care you get depend on where you’re from. Continue reading
Unanswered questions from the Liberals’ Syrian refugee strategy
There are still plenty of unanswered questions when it comes to Canada’s ambitious, amorphous refugee resettlement plan. Here are a few of them. Continue reading
Ontario prepares for refugee influx: timing and magnitude unknown
Ontario had sent health care practitioners a memo warning them to brace for a coming influx of Syrian refugees, even though the province doesn’t know how many people are coming, and when. Continue reading
Canada’s scrambling to resettle 25,000 Syrians but refugee health care may not be restored for ‘months’
The Liberals have promised to reinstate health care for refugees but it hasn’t happened yet. Continue reading
Refugee health cuts: Even those who qualify get turned away
The federal government’s cuts to health care for refugee applicants, and the resulting confusion over what’s covered, has meant even people who qualify for care get turned away by physicians who can’t stomach the complex paperwork. Continue reading
“It’s so painful to see the system making categories of people.”Francisco Rico-Martinez, FCJ Refugee Centre Roundtable highlights refugee health-care struggles →