Assistant professor in the Institute of Health Equity Research at the Icahn School of Medicine and the Barbara T. Murphy Division of Nephrology at Mount Sinai in New York City.
Co-director of health justice at New York Lawyers for the Public Interest.
AMA J Ethics. 2024 Aug 1;26(8):E605-615. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.605.
Undocumented people in the United States face innumerable legal and structural barriers to health and health care services, including for kidney failure. Their experiences vary across states and regions due to wide variation in insurance coverage and unreliable access to health-promoting resources, including medical-legal partnerships. This commentary on a case canvasses key policy about structural and legal determinants of health for undocumented persons.
在美国,无证移民在获得医疗服务方面面临着无数的法律和结构性障碍,包括肾衰竭。由于各州和地区之间的保险覆盖范围存在很大差异,以及医疗法律伙伴关系等促进健康资源的获取不可靠,因此他们的经历也各不相同。本文对一个案例进行了评论,探讨了无证移民健康的结构性和法律决定因素的关键政策。