{"id":33206,"date":"2026-04-28T08:46:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T13:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rstp2025.turnbull.co\/?p=33206"},"modified":"2026-06-12T10:02:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T15:02:48","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><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.<br \/>\nAs of May 1, 2026, IFHP beneficiaries will need to pay:<\/p>\n<p>$4 for each eligible prescription medication filled or refilled under the IFHP<br \/>\n30% of the cost of other eligible supplemental health products and services,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_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":[],"class_list":["post-33206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Turnbull Co.","author_link":"https:\/\/www.rstp.ca\/en\/refugee-sponsorship\/latest-policy-program-update\/author\/turnbullco\/"},"meta_box":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rstp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rstp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33206"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.rstp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33809,"href":"https:\/\/www.rstp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33206\/revisions\/33809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rstp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rstp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rstp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}