Interim Federal Health Program and Medical Hospital Care

federal government: Thus it is time for Ottawa to revisit which level of government is paying for medical and hospital care for the new immigrants, according to Hamilton Spectator. The newly restored Interim Federal Health Program applies mainly to supplemental benefits such as prescriptions, dental and vision care. However, inasmuch as the federal government alone determines whether 25,000 or perhaps 50,000 refugees come to Canada by the end of 2016, it must assume full responsibility for health care costs, and not simply download them to the provinces which — as in Ontario — may pass them on to health care providers and hospitals. It no longer covers physician and hospital services once a refugee obtains an OHIP card, likely in only a few days. He also promised to shorten the processing time. Nearly completely overlooked is that during the election campaign, Prime Minister Trudeau pledged — under the family reunification plan — to double the number of applications permitted for parents and grandparents. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.