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Title: Implications of Mexican Health Care Reform on the Health Coverage of Nonmigrants and Returning Migrants

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Publication Year: 2016

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Abstract: Objectives. To assess health coverage among Mexicans with US migration experience, before and after the implementation of Mexicos universal health care program, Seguro Popular. Methods. I used data from the 2000 and 2010 Mexican Censuses to generate nationally representative estimates of health coverage among working-age Mexicans by migrant status. Results. In 2000, before the implementation of Seguro Popular, 56% of Mexicans aged 15 to 60 years with no recent US migrations were uninsured compared with 80% of recently returned migrants. By 2010, the proportion uninsured declined from 56% to 35% (38%) among nonmigrants and from 80% to 54% (33%) among return migrants. Conclusions. Seguro Popular has increased health coverage among Mexican return migrants, but they remain substantially underinsured. A creative and multifaceted approach likely will be needed to address Mexican immigrants health care needs.

Url: http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2016.303094

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Authors: Wassink, Wassink T

Periodical (Full): American Journal of Public Health

Issue: 5

Volume: 106

Pages: 848-849

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Migration and Immigration, Other

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