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Originally Posted by VO #23

I've looked at the link to the laws that were posted earlier in this thread. I've also read an article on how these new laws are to be interpreted. Check out this link from the Chief of Infectious Diseases at Ottawa Hospital, who notes that under the new system, pregnant women will be denied prenatal care, diabetics will be denied insulin, and arthritics will be denied pain medication because these medical issues don't meet the government's new threshold for "urgent care". These types of services are not allowed until refugee status is granted, which can take up to three years.

Anyways, the immigration system isn't perfect. I'm not advocating to keep it as it is, full stop. But this reform of health care to refugee claimants is, as someone else said earlier (Slava?), penny-wise and pound-foolish.

Here's the link. The doctor makes a number of good points about why it's important to keep primary, preventative care available:

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/...195/story.html

If it is that important, then why are these services not being provided to the rest of Canadians for free?