It's the Interim Federal Health Program, and it's an insurance program that covers certain health services. It's kind of the equivalent of the Régie de l'assurance maladie du Québec.
There is a huge lack of awareness of this program in the Quebec health care system. Frontline workers are not accustomed to treating people with refugee status. When a situation arises and the refugee claimant wants to seek emergency care, the staff is unaware of what to do. Asylum seekers are not eligible for coverage under the Régie de l'assurance maladie du Québec. However, they are eligible for the IFHP, but they need to be registered beforehand.
What the federal government can do, really, is launch an awareness campaign and develop tools so that people understand what they need to do. It would have to be upstream, so that a number of health care professionals are on the list for this federal program. That way, asylum seekers who come to our hospitals could be handled quickly, instead of being turned away and waiting until their condition requires urgent care before they go back to the hospital.