Great Britain on April 11, 2008 regarding migrants' eligibility for free health care from the National Health Service (NHS). The court ruled that health care professionals are not expected to assess a patient's immigration status and that medical care should be provided based on clinical needs....
and Portes, A. (2012). `Health care and immigration: understanding the connections', Ethnic and Racial Studies, 35(1): 1-2.Fernandez-Kelly, Patricia, and Alejandro Portes, ed. 2012. Health Care and Immigration: Understanding the Connections. Special Themed Issue of Ethnic and Racial Studies ...
Improving health care access for immigrant populations in the U.S. requires interventions at all levels of the social ecology and across various social determinants of health, both in response to COVID-19 and to strengthen health systems more broadly....
Undocumented immigration is a serious policy issue directly affecting states along the US-Mexico border, and as healthcare costs increase, health systems in border communities are strained. The issues surrounding undocumented immigration and healthcare include the financial costs incurred by the healthcare...
Immigration reform is a controversial topic that has ignited a passionate debate for years, and I'm certainly not qualified to suggest any detail of how this should be accomplished – but I will say that a comprehensive reform package is good for our hea
Stuck between Health and Immigration Reform - Care for Undocumented Immigrants It is a time of immense change in U.S. health care and immigration policy. On the cusp of major insurance expansions under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), C......
The failure to pass sensible immigration reforms is another reason for “Why Primary Care Physicians Are Becoming Harder to Find in WA” . There is much bipartisan...
The two big cases awaiting decisions, which can be handed down between now and June 28, are the constitutionality of President Obama's health care plan and the Arizona immigration case, both of which have received national attention. Below is a primer on those cases, along with one other...
As part of this Teach-Out, you will hear the first-hand perspectives of researchers, elected officials, healthcare systems, business leaders, and community members. You will get a sneak peek into safe spaces within the immigrant community. Along the way, you will also get to test yourself an...
Detainees, staff, and health care services in immigration detention centres: a descriptive comparison of detention systems in Sweden and in the Benelux cou... Immigration detention has been shown to negatively affect the health and well-being of detainees. The aim of the study was to describe ...