2026-08-07 from toronto.citynews.ca/
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.
On May 1, Canada’s Interim Federal Health Program imposed a 30 per cent co-payment requirement for products and services ranging from wheelchairs to mental health counselling.
More than a dozen medical, nursing, social work and refugee organizations — including the Canadian Medical Association, the Canadian Nurses Association, the Canadian Paediatric Society and the Canadian Psychiatric Association —warned that refugees can’t afford those co-payments and their physical and mental health would suffer
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