Postcard Campaign: New Immigrants

Returning Residents Dept: The Right to Health Care Coalition , a network of more than 30 Greater Toronto agencies, will launch a postcard campaign Friday to put the issue on the electorate s radar, according to The Star. In 1994, the Ontario health ministry introduced a uniform three-month wait period for all new immigrants and returning residents on grounds it allows officials time to confirm a patient s resident status and in anticipation of a fall election in Ontario, advocates for immigrants are calling on the province to eliminate the three-month wait time for newcomers to access OHIP. This is an attempt to turn up the gas in the pre-election period, said Axelle Janczur of the Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services, a coalition member. As reported in the news.
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