Doctors warn refugees’ health will suffer as payment requirements take effect
They must pay $4 for every prescription and 30 per cent of the cost of supplemental health products and services starting Friday
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Open this photo in gallery:Asylum seekers near Montreal, Que., in 2017. Refugees must pay $4 for every prescription and 30 per cent of the cost of supplemental health products and services.Paul Chiasson/The Canadian PressShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountRefugees now have to pay out of pocket for part of their drug prescriptions, mental health counselling, dental services, vision care and health equipment – including wheelchairs – as changes to a federal program take effect. For decades, Canada’s Interim Federal Health Program has provided complete health coverage to refugees and refugee claimants until they are eligible for provincial health plans and benefits.
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