The July 2021 issue of Health Affairs features multiple papers discussing the effects of immigration status and policy
on children’s health. In one, Sharon Borja and coauthors investigated insurance coverage among US citizen migrant children living in Mexico.
In a second, Brandy Lipton and coauthors explored the influence of children’s health insurance expansion to qualifying households, regardless of immigration status, in California.
If these topics are of interest, revisit Health Affairs’ October 2020 thematic issue,Children’s Health.
In that issue, Jeremy Barofsky and colleagues investigated whether the Trump administration’s announced public charge rule affected the share of children enrolled in Medicaid, the Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program, and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.
Today on Health Affairs Blog, Katie Keith describes the additional changes to HealthCare.gov that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is making as the Biden administration’s broad COVID-19 special enrollment period nears the end.
Dora Anne Mills and Joan Boomsma discuss Maine’s vaccination efforts, which succeeded in large part thanks to the leadership and partnership
provided by the state's nonprofit health systems.
Many US Citizen Migrant Children Living In Mexico Have Inadequate Health Coverage
Listen to Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interview Sharon Borja from the University of Houston on health insurance access among US citizen children in Mexico.
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