Health Coverage: Health Care and Vision Services

health coverage: Liberals patted themselves on the back for the move, while refugees and their advocates celebrated the reinstatement, according to CBC. Great stuff, right Except one year later, despite the policy change, many new arrivals continue to be left without adequate access to health care. The move reinstated basic health care and supplemental services such as dental and vision services for newcomers who aren't yet eligible for provincial health coverage. That's the finding that comes out of a series of interviews we recently conducted with refugee service providers in Ottawa. '2676223132', 'playlist Selector' 'container Selector' ' container62329524', 'ciid' 'caffeine13243678' ; Trudeau says he would reverse Tory changes to refugee health1 27 Health care for refugees in Canada falls under the responsibility of the Interim Federal Health Program IFHP which faced significant cuts back in June 2012. Health-care advocates challenged the changes in the federal court, which, in 2014, found the cuts violated the Charter as they were cruel and unusual. The Conservatives defended the cuts at the time, saying that bogus asylum claimants shouldn't be getting better health care than Canadian taxpayers. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.