Despite policy changes last April to Canada’s refugee health care program, many people continue to be left without adequate access to health care.

That’s the finding that comes out of a series of interviews we conducted recently with refugee service providers in Ottawa.

Health care for refugees in Canada falls under the responsibility of the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP), and it has had some tumultuous years.

In June 2012, the federal government made significant cuts to the program, leaving many refugees and refugee claimants without access to publicly-funded health care while causing serious confusion among health care providers.

Health care advocates challenged the cuts in the Federal Court and in 2014, the Court found the cuts violated the Charter as they were “cruel and unusual.”

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