Health Care and Immigration Policies that Kill

http://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/health-care-and-immigration
Date Written:  2015-03-17
Publisher:  Briarpatch Magazine
Year Published:  2015
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX17373

Cuts to Canada's Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP), severely curtail access to health-care services for refugee claimants and refugees. Many beneficiaries and practitioners were already critical of the original IFHP because it provided inconsistent access to health care and many services were not covered. The situation only worsened after the cuts.

Subject Headings

• Immigration Policy