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Refugee Claimants Dept: She told me that if I come and see the doctor I would have to pay the doctor a fee, according to Globe and Mail. Some doctors say her story is an example of the confusion and compromised care resulting from changes to the program which provides temporary health coverage for protected persons, refugee claimants and other groups not eligible for provincial health insurance and i asked, What am I supposed to do? ... I got scared, recalled the 27-year-old, originally from the Caribbean. The Toronto resident who wouldn t give her full name for fear it would affect her application to live in Canada has valid IFH papers and had been going for regular prenatal check-ups until that call. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.