Inclusion of immigrant families in U.S. health coverage expansions.

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    • Source:
      Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 9103800 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 1049-2089 (Print) Linking ISSN: 10492089 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Health Care Poor Underserved Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: 2004- : Baltimore, MD : Johns Hopkins University Press
      Original Publication: Nashville, TN : Institute on Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, Meharry Medical College, c1990-
    • Subject Terms:
      Emigration and Immigration* ; Insurance Coverage* ; Public Assistance* ; State Health Plans*; Community Health Services/*economics ; Family Health/*ethnology ; Health Services Accessibility/*economics ; Medically Uninsured/*ethnology ; Poverty/*ethnology ; Vulnerable Populations/*ethnology; California ; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. ; Community Health Planning ; Humans ; Program Development ; United States
    • Abstract:
      This paper examines federal and state restrictions on immigrants and the negative impact of these restrictions on local efforts to serve the uninsured. It examines a health coverage program offered to low-income residents in Alameda County, California from 2000 to 2005, illustrating local efforts to expand health coverage to both adults and children, regardless of immigration status. After five years of operating the pilot program, leaders of Alameda County's health care safety net conclude that local health coverage programs are unsustainable over a long period of time without significant federal and state support. The financial resources that federal, state, and local governments are patching together for health coverage could be used more efficiently if consolidated. Stabilizing the federal tax base and recognizing the phenomenal amount of federal, state, and local funding that is already spent on medical care for the uninsured are the first steps towards achieving meaningful health care reform.
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20060308 Date Completed: 20060609 Latest Revision: 20191210
    • Publication Date:
      20240628
    • Accession Number:
      10.1353/hpu.2006.0006
    • Accession Number:
      16520515