Cuts to Supplemental Health Benefits for Refugees: Expanding the Understanding of Patient-Centred Care

Impacts of the Interim Federal Health Program reforms: A stakeholder analysis of barriers to health care access and provision for refugees

“…7,8 Within one month of the introduction of the 2012 IFHP reforms, eight national health associations expressed their apprehensions and opposition to the changes. 7,9,10 On February 25, 2013, a legal challenge launched by the Canadian Doctors for Refugee Care with the Canadian Association for Refugee Lawyers was successfully appealed to the Federal Court of Canada. 11 The court deemed that the IFHP reforms violated section 12 of the Canadian Charter of Rights, constituting "cruel and unusual treatment" of vulnerable refugee populations.…”