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    Kanada wird ab Mai von Flüchtlingen und Asylsuchenden eine Zuzahlung für die Gesundheitsversorgung verlangen


    Kanada wird ab Mai von Flüchtlingen und Asylsuchenden eine Zuzahlung für die Gesundheitsversorgung verlangen

    https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/refugees-health-care/article_eec5044d-f310-48f8-84fe-d6095d13b4d0.html

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    1. FancyNewMe on

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      **In Brief:**

      * The co-payment plan — first revealed in Ottawa’s 2025 budget in November — will apply to refugees sponsored to Canada by the federal government and community groups in their first year in the country, as well as asylum claimants who arrive at the border for protection.
      * 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.
      * However, they will now be asked to pay out of pocket 30% 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.

    2. LetsGetLitPlease on

      I also don’t want to have to pay my co-pays. My bad for paying taxes and contributing to society I guess.

    3. HeavenInVain on

      Yet Canadian citizens had to sign up for the dental plan, have to renew it annually and it doesn’t even cover all the costs.

      Ridiculous

    5. ILikeVancouver on

      Can we just admit it’s all being scammed instead and shut the whole fucking thing down?

    6. Several_Still3890 on

      No. More. Refugee. Our country is on the precipice of falling apart. We cannot afford to take in any more people that are going to be a burden.

    7. GhostOfJasper on

      « According to the Immigration Department, it covered 623,365 beneficiaries in the fiscal year 2024-2025 — up from 90,328 a decade ago. The expenses amounted to $896.5 million, up by $306.1 million from 2023-2024 due to increased volumes of claims. »

    9. stanley597 on

      Sooooo, we pay the refugees $5k per month, and they then co pay with that money. Got it

    11. 64Olds on

      Insane how much free coverage they already get. Meanwhile people I know have rotting teeth because apparently dental care is not healthcare if you’re a Canadian. Clownass country sometimes.

    12. Kampfux on

      If you think any of these people will be paying their own health care think again.

      As refugees they’re legit just given money monthly based on their family size and other factors.

      So our taxes are just paying for their healthcare, but at an extra step.

      This is the same problem with temporary immigrants sneakily bringing in their ill family members from other countries. They come here ill on visitor visas, go to our hospitals, get emergency surgery and get a huge bill they never end up paying because they just fly back to their home country.

      Canada’s entire immigration and refugee system is just abused.

    15. JC1949 on

      Seniors in Canada have far fewer benefits than newcomers. That’s the reality. It needs to change. This is a good first step.

      The big deal is the lack of capacity, though, not payment. Our emergency rooms are over run because of sheer volume.

    16. unkn0wnactor on

      The fact that non-Canadians get better healthcare than tax-paying Canadian citizens is insane!

    18. MinuteCampaign7843 on

      Where do I sign up for the gravy train? I’m tired of working myself to the bone so other people can sit around and get paid to have kids.

    20. Soupdeloup on

      I have a few friends that work with asylum seekers & refugees from various countries. If everyone in these comments is angry over free dental and eye care, you would all lose your minds at how much money they get on top of all of that lol.

      Money for housing, money for childcare, food vouchers for specific kinds of food (or cash if they argue that they don’t like the selection of food), money and support of all kinds so they can live here with as little financial burden as possible until they become a working/contributing member of society.

    22. xcalibaur81 on

      Single, white, homeowner and almost 30 years old. Would be better off living in an 18 person family compound with nary an English speaker in the bunch. Payments would be cheaper groceries would be subsidized and I wouldn’t have to work

    24. RedEyedWiartonBoy on

      The system is badly broken but this is a start.

      Like tightening a couple of bolts on the Titanic.

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