Interim Federal Health Program

Interim Federal Health Program: Ottawa dramatically scaled back the Interim Federal Health Program last June, changing health benefits for some refugees and cancelling coverage altogether for others, according to CBC. Trevor Theman, the registrar of the College of Physician and Surgeons of Alberta CPSA , spoke out about the issue in a recent newsletter to doctors and The head of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta is calling on doctors to see refugee patients even if they won't get paid to do it. As a result, more refugees are showing up in emergency rooms after being turned away by family doctors. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.