Good. It would be ideal to provide for them here, but with our current healthcare strain, we must help our own first.
canmcpoli on
Important to be clear what this does and doesn’t mean:
>”Patients will still be fully covered under the Interim Federal Health Program’s basic plan to see doctors and specialists, access hospital care, and for diagnostics.”
>”**[Patients] will now be asked to pay out of pocket 30 per cent of the costs of services such as dental, optometry and physiotherapy** under its supplemental benefit plan.”
>”They will also be charged a **$4 flat rate on each prescription**.”
Dr. Meb Rashid told the Star: “Four dollars doesn’t sound like a lot, but we have many patients who are on four or five, six medications because they’re diabetic and hypertensive
Expenses amounted to $896.5 million in the 2024-2025 fiscal year, up $306.1 million from 2023-2024.
Alive_Internet on
Can somebody more familiar with the process explain why they were never required to pay for healthcare, housing, or food? Are there any existing policies that discourage people from filing invalid asylum claims to get free housing, food, and healthcare?
midnightmoose on
For those that dont read the article this does not mean that the healthcare Canadians get for free e.g. hospital based care or doctors visits will suddenly be charged to refugees it means that the healthcare Canadians either pay for or depend on private insurance coverage like auxiliary healthcare and prescriptions will only be partially provided for by the government. It is still being offered at a dramatic discount to what most Canadians would be paying out of pocket.
Electronic_Place8199 on
Wait they got dental, optometry and physiotherapy?! I am a 4 generation Canadian with my ancestors working until retirement and I have to pay out of pocket or use crappy insurance that only covers a couple appointments a year. I know many seniors who worked their whole life here and can’t afford those services.
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Good. It would be ideal to provide for them here, but with our current healthcare strain, we must help our own first.
Important to be clear what this does and doesn’t mean:
>”Patients will still be fully covered under the Interim Federal Health Program’s basic plan to see doctors and specialists, access hospital care, and for diagnostics.”
>”**[Patients] will now be asked to pay out of pocket 30 per cent of the costs of services such as dental, optometry and physiotherapy** under its supplemental benefit plan.”
>”They will also be charged a **$4 flat rate on each prescription**.”
Dr. Meb Rashid told the Star: “Four dollars doesn’t sound like a lot, but we have many patients who are on four or five, six medications because they’re diabetic and hypertensive
Expenses amounted to $896.5 million in the 2024-2025 fiscal year, up $306.1 million from 2023-2024.
Can somebody more familiar with the process explain why they were never required to pay for healthcare, housing, or food? Are there any existing policies that discourage people from filing invalid asylum claims to get free housing, food, and healthcare?
For those that dont read the article this does not mean that the healthcare Canadians get for free e.g. hospital based care or doctors visits will suddenly be charged to refugees it means that the healthcare Canadians either pay for or depend on private insurance coverage like auxiliary healthcare and prescriptions will only be partially provided for by the government. It is still being offered at a dramatic discount to what most Canadians would be paying out of pocket.
Wait they got dental, optometry and physiotherapy?! I am a 4 generation Canadian with my ancestors working until retirement and I have to pay out of pocket or use crappy insurance that only covers a couple appointments a year. I know many seniors who worked their whole life here and can’t afford those services.