Interim Federal Health Program and Federal Appeal Court

Federal Appeal Court: The long-running fight over the existing program is before the Federal Appeal Court on Thursday with the government arguing it needs more time to comply with last summer Federal Court decision that the current program is unconstitutional. , according to CBC. "The 2012 modifications to the interim federal health program potentially jeopardize the health, the safety and indeed the very lives, of these innocent and vulnerable children in a manner that shocks the conscience and outrages our standards of decency," she wrote. Immigration officials are working furiously to finalize contingency plans for refugee health care coverage in the event the government loses a court battle this week on how much coverage refugee claimants ought to receive. Refugee health-cuts ruling appealed by Ottawa Chris Alexander says he'll appeal ruling reversing cuts to refugee health care The federal government court case losing streak Federal cuts to refugee health care draw protests In her ruling, Justice Anne McTavish savaged the coverage system imposed by the Conservatives in 2012, saying it amounted to cruel and unusual treatment. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.