Ottawa is spending more than $ 110,000 to refuse care to cost 6 000 $

News 2 October, 2017

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Sunday, 1 October 2017 17:17

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The federal government has spent more than 110 000 $ in a legal fight between a teenage native of Alberta, which he refuses to reimburse orthodontic treatment $6000.

This was reported Friday, the CBC network News. Ironically, two days earlier, the minister of Aboriginal Services and former Health minister, Jane Philpott, was denounced in a public speech delivered in Ottawa on discrimination which was often in the face of the indigenous populations in the health system.

Ottawa faces many of the critics in this case. Mainly, he is accused of using public money to attempt to avoid its responsibilities.

16-year-old Alberta Josey Willier was suffering from a dental problem that was causing him chronic pain for several years. The dentist has recommended orthodontic treatment, believed that the problem could only get worse in the coming years and could even require surgical intervention.

Before the sufferings of his daughter, the mother paid out of pocket for this treatment.

As the cost of the treatment was not covered by the health insurance provincial, the mother turned to the canadian program of health insurance dedicated to First nations and Inuit.

Although Josey Willier was suffering from headaches and was taking a daily medication because of its dental problems, officials of the department of Health felt that his situation was not serious enough to recommend orthodontic treatment. Therefore, his claim has been rejected.

Dismissed in the federal court, the mother of the girl has brought the case to federal Court of appeal. But Ottawa does not seem to want to go back on its position.

The lawyer-in-toronto Sarah Clarke has chosen to represent it without charge, Josey Willier. From January 2016 to April 2017, the federal government has spent 110 336 $ court costs in this case.