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Health Systems and Policy Monitor (HSPM)
An innovative platform that provides a detailed description of health systems and provides up-to-date information on reforms and changes that are particularly policy relevant.
For detailed information on country policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic during 2020-2021, see our separate COVID-19 Health Systems Response Monitor (HSRM).
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Federal health coverage program for refugees restored in 2016
01 April 2020 | Country Update
With a change of federal government in 2016, funding for the federal health insurance program for refugees, the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP), was restored after four years of significant reductions. IFHP aims to provide temporary health coverage to eligible refugees, refugee claimants, and others who do not qualify for provincial or territorial health care plans. In June of 2012, Jason Kenny, the Conservative Minister of Citizenship, Immigration, and Multiculturalism reformed the IFHP which ultimately led to the reduction of many health services for refugees and refugee claimants. The Conservative government framed this move around the notion of fairness but was ruled by the Federal Court to be harsh treatment towards a marginalized group.
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