Ku L, Matani S
Urban Institute, Washington, D.C., USA.
Health Aff (Millwood). 2001 Jan-Feb;20(1):247-56. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.20.1.247.
Recent policy changes have limited immigrants' access to insurance and to health care. Fewer noncitizen immigrants and their children (even U.S.-born) have Medicaid or job-based insurance, and many more are uninsured than is the case with native citizens or children of citizens. Noncitizens and their children also have worse access to both regular ambulatory and emergency care, even when insured. Immigration status is an important component of racial and ethnic disparities in insurance coverage and access to care.
近期的政策变化限制了移民获得保险和医疗保健的机会。获得医疗补助或基于就业的保险的非公民移民及其子女(甚至是在美国出生的)减少,与美国本土公民或公民子女相比,没有保险的人数更多。即使参保,非公民及其子女获得常规门诊和急诊护理的机会也更差。移民身份是保险覆盖范围和医疗服务获取方面种族和族裔差异的一个重要因素。