Interim Federal Health Program IFHP: Canadian Pharmacists Association

Unprecedented Move Dept: In an unprecedented move, professional bodies representing family doctors, surgeons, nurses, pharmacists, social workers, optometrists and dentists sent a joint letter to Immigration Minister Jason Kenney asking him to reconsider cuts to the Interim Federal Health Program IFHP , according to The Star. The cuts are shortsighted and it s going to result in costs downloaded to other jurisdictions, said Dr. Jeff Poston of the Canadian Pharmacists Association and opposition is growing against Ottawa s planned cuts to refugee health-care coverage as eight national health organizations join a campaign demanding the government rescind its proposal. The letter, dated May 18, follows protests across Canada this month by physicians concerned about the potential impact of the cuts to the health of refugees and Canadians. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.