Immigrants and Health Coverage: A Primer
June 2004
Authors: Joan Alker and Marcela Urrutia
Published by: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
A major challenge facing many immigrants is a lack of health insurance coverage. This primer provides an introduction to some of the issues surrounding immigrants and health insurance coverage and discusses the widening gap in overall health insurance coverage rates between low-income citizens and immigrants.
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