Health Affairs
Volume 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 550-559

Improving coverage and access for immigrant latino children: The Los Angeles healthy kids program (Article) (Open Access)

Hill I.* , Dubay L. , Kenney G.M. , Howell E.M. , Courtot B. , Palmer L.
  • a Urban Institute, Washington, DC, United States
  • b Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States
  • c Urban Institute, Washington, DC, United States
  • d Urban Institute, Washington, DC, United States
  • e National Women's Law Center
  • f Urban Institute, Washington, DC, United States

Abstract

A large number of California counties have recently taken bold steps to extend health insurance to all poor and near-poor children through county-based Children's Health Initiatives. One initiative, the Los Angeles Healthy Kids program, extends coverage to uninsured children in families with incomes below 300 percent of the federal poverty level who are ineligible for Medi-Cal (California Medicaid) and Healthy Families (its State Children's Health Insurance Program). A four-year evaluation of Healthy Kids finds that the program has improved access for more than 40,000, most of whom are immigrant Latino children, who have almost no access to employer coverage. However, sustaining this effective program has proved to be challenging. ©2008 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc.

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immigrant health care personnel health insurance human health service controlled study Hispanic Americans United States health program social status Humans Hispanic Adolescent male Emigrants and Immigrants female Infant Article health care adult health care access Child Health Services Healthy People Programs Los Angeles Health Services Accessibility Child
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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-41749108630&doi=10.1377%2fhlthaff.27.2.550&partnerID=40&md5=16fc116f8316b583944c7ec3cbc03c5b
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.27.2.550
ISSN: 02782715
Cited by: 11
Original Language: English