Health Outcomes: Federal Health Program

federal health program: These are three examples cited in a new study released Wednesday by the Toronto-based Wellesley Institute, which examined the impact of cuts Ottawa made to the federal health program for refugees in June 2012, according to The Star. Through online reporting by frontline health care providers across Canada, researchers documented cases of negative and avoidable health outcomes among refugees since the changes were implemented and A young sexual assault victim denied health care for her pregnancy. A woman with asthma with no access to medication, rushed to hospital. A child with pneumonia who could not get a chest x-ray. All because they were refugees. The new system creates confusion, lessens access to health care services among vulnerable populations, leads to inconsistency in care across Canada, and results in poorer health and avoidable illness for refugees and refugee claimants, says the 19-page report. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.