The federal government is changing how the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP) operates, introducing refugees and asylum seekers as co-payers for certain supplemental health benefits.
The federal government will soon require sponsored refugees and asylum seekers to co-pay for their health-care coverage.
Refugees will pay $4 for each prescription under the federal program and must cover 30% of the cost of all other health ...
They will have to pay 30 per cent of the costs of services such as dental, optometry and physiotherapy and a $4 flat rate on ...
The IFHP had covered both basic care and extended services, such as vision, dental, and prescription medication, but that was ...