Reducing Health Services for Refugees Through Reforms to the Interim Federal Health Program
Since 1957 the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP) has provided temporary health care coverage to refugees and refugee claimants, but in 2012 the Conservative government reformed the IFHP, reducing, or eliminating access to health services for these groups. The government framed the changes around...
Main Author: | Andrew C. Stevenson |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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McMaster University Library Press
2018-04-01
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Series: | Health Reform Observer - Observatoire des Réformes de Santé |
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Online Access: | https://mulpress.mcmaster.ca/hro-ors/article/view/3324/3119 |
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