{"id":24751,"date":"2026-04-28T08:58:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T13:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rstp.ca\/?p=24751"},"modified":"2026-04-28T09:24:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:24:32","slug":"changes-to-the-interim-federal-health-program-ifhp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rstp.ca\/en\/refugee-sponsorship\/latest-policy-program-update\/changes-to-the-interim-federal-health-program-ifhp\/","title":{"rendered":"Changes to the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/immigration-refugees-citizenship\/news\/notices\/changes-ifhp.html\">Changes to the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP)<\/a> will take effect on Friday, May 1, 2026. These updates introduce co-payments for services covered under IFHP\u2019s supplemental health coverage.<\/p>\n<p>As of May 1, 2026, IFHP beneficiaries will need to pay:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$4 for each eligible prescription medication filled or refilled under the IFHP<\/li>\n<li>30% of the cost of other eligible supplemental health products and services, including dental care, vision care, counselling, and assistive devices<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These co-payments will be paid directly to health care providers at the time services are received.<\/p>\n<p>Basic IFHP coverage, including doctor visits and hospital care, will remain fully covered, with no co-payments required.<\/p>\n<p>An information kit on these changes with guidance and resources is available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/immigration-refugees-citizenship\/services\/refugees\/help-within-canada\/health-care\/co-payments.html\">here<\/a>. Further information about the IFHP is available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/immigration-refugees-citizenship\/services\/refugees\/help-within-canada\/health-care\/interim-federal-health-program\/coverage-summary.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Changes to the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP) will take effect on Friday, May 1, 2026. These updates introduce co-payments for services covered under IFHP\u2019s supplemental health coverage. As of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","passster_activate_protection":false,"passster_protect_child_pages":"","passster_protection_type":"password","passster_password":"","passster_activate_overwrite_defaults":"","passster_headline":"","passster_instruction":"","passster_placeholder":"","passster_button":"","passster_id":"","passster_activate_misc_settings":"","passster_redirect_url":"","passster_hide":"no","passster_area_shortcode":"","_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"meta_box":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rstp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24751"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rstp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rstp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rstp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rstp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24751"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.rstp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24755,"href":"https:\/\/www.rstp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24751\/revisions\/24755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rstp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rstp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rstp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}