Federal Government and Refugee Claimants

refugee claimants: The new measures unveiled Tuesday will only be in effect until the federal government has exhausted its legal avenues in the ongoing battle over whether the health care coverage program for refugee claimants is unconstitutional, according to 660 News. That tiered approach remains in the temporary plan and certain classes of refugee claimants still do not have access to drug coverage, for example and Drugs for children and prenatal care will be among the new federal health care benefits available to those awaiting a decision on their refugee claim but only temporarily. Tuesdays measures do not go as far as restoring the comprehensive coverage that was in place prior to 2012, the year the Conservatives overhauled the system to create a tiered approach to paying for health care for refugee claimants. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.