Canadian Doctors For Refugee Care: Federal Government

Canadian Association Of Refugee Lawyers Dept: Canadian Doctors for Refugee Care and the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers launched a court challenge Monday, accusing the federal government of violating the charter and international obligations with its decision last year to change health-care coverage for refugee claimants , according to CBC. But the government put an end to almost all supplemental health-care benefits, slashing coverage in most cases to care only when it was a public health emergency and the lives of thousands of refugee claimants in Canada are being jeopardized by a federal government policy that is unconstitutional, says a group of doctors and lawyers taking Ottawa to court. Up until June 30, 2012, the federal government covered the costs of drugs and medical care for refugee claimants until they had been in Canada long enough for provincial coverage to kick in. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.