Federal Health Program: Interim Federal Health

Interim Federal Health Program Dept: Vincent Forcier, a spokesman for the association representing 1,734 pharmacists in the province, said Tuesday it can take up to three years to get reimbursed by Citizenship and Immigration Canada CIC for drugs given to refugees under the Interim Federal Health Program IFHP , according to CBC. Norbert Gilmore, who works with refugees and is a specialist in infectious diseases, said refugees may stop taking their medication if they are asked to pay, and that will end up costing the health-care system even more and quebec pharmacists are being urged by their association to refuse to supply prescription drugs to thousands of refugees and asylum seekers unless they are paid up front. He said some pharmacists are owed tens of thousands of dollars. As reported in the news.
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