Doctors warn refugees’ health will suffer as payment requirements take effect
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Doctors warn refugees’ health will suffer as payment requirements take effect
NICOLE IRELAND
THE CANADIAN PRESS
PUBLISHED MAY 1, 2026
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Asylum seekers near Montreal, Que., in 2017. Refugees must now pay $4 for every prescription and 30 per cent of the cost of supplemental health products and services.
PAUL CHIASSON/THE CANADIAN PRESS
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