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Government expects $140M in savings this year with refugee health care co-pay
- The government expects to save about $140 million this year by introducing a co-pay for some health care services for asylum seekers and refugee claimants.
- Starting May 1, claimants must pay $4 for prescriptions and 30% of costs for services like dental and vision care that are not fully covered by public health care.
- Government data shows that $93 million of the savings will come specifically from dental care costs.
- Routine doctor visits and emergency medicine remain fully covered under the health care program for these claimants.
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Government expects $140M in savings this year with refugee health care co-pay
OTTAWA - The government estimates that implementing a co-pay from asylum seekers and refugee claimants for some health care services will cut public costs by about $140 million.
·Toronto, Canada
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For refugees, “a small health fee” has become a huge barrier
A $4 prescription fee may sound small. But for refugee claimants and resettled refugees arriving in Canada with little or no income, doctors and frontline workers say Ottawa’s new refugee health co-payments could become the difference between filling a prescription…
·Hamilton, Canada
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Total News Sources18
Leaning Left13Leaning Right0Center4Last UpdatedBias Distribution76% Left
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- 76% of the sources lean Left
76% Left
L 76%
C 24%
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