Findings brief : health care financing & organization
Volume 14, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1-3

Undocumented immigrants, left out of health reform, likely to continue to grow as a share of the uninsured. (Article)

Zimmerman C.*
  • a Changes in Health Care Financing & Organization (HCFO), United States

Abstract

Key findings: (1) From 1999 to 2007, the number of undocumented immigrants increased from an estimated 8.5 million to 11.8 million, leading to an estimated ad-ditional 1.8 million uninsured. (2) Undocumented immigrants with incomes below 133 percent FPL are almost twice as likely to be uninsured as native-born citizens in the same income level. (3) 19.5 percent of undocumented im-migrants with incomes above 400 percent FPL are uninsured, versus 6.6 percent of native-born citizens at the same income level. (4) Undocumented immigrants will not be eligible for public insurance or private coverage obtained through exchanges under the ACA.

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Index Keywords

Forecasting medically uninsured health care policy insurance health insurance human Insurance Coverage Health Surveys Insurance, Health Eligibility Determination United States Humans Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Article organization and management migration legal aspect Emigration and Immigration Transients and Migrants Health Care Reform patient documentation health survey

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ISSN: 15530302
Cited by: 2
Original Language: English