“They Treat us Like Pests:” Undocumented Immigrant Experiences Obtaining Health Care in the Wake of a “Crackdown” Ordinance

2012 ◽  
Vol 22 (7) ◽  
pp. 771-788 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol Cleaveland ◽  
Emily S. Ihara
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Undocumented Immigrant ◽  
Immigrant Experiences

scholarly journals Assessing Health Care Services Used By California’s Undocumented Immigrant Population In 2010

2014 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 840-847 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadereh Pourat ◽  
Steven P. Wallace ◽  
Max W. Hadler ◽  
Ninez Ponce
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Immigrant Population ◽  
Undocumented Immigrant ◽  
Care Services

Immigrants and Private Insurance

Pained ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 57-60
Author(s):  
Michael D. Stein ◽  
Sandro Galea
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey ◽  
Private Insurance ◽  
Insurance Coverage ◽  
Medical Expenditure ◽  
Undocumented Immigrant ◽  
Common Belief ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Common ◽  
Per Capita

This chapter assesses the accusation that immigrants, particularly undocumented immigrants, take advantage of societal resources at the expense of native-born citizens. Between 2002 and 2009, immigrants paid an estimated $115.2 billion more into Medicare than they used. Meanwhile, a 2018 Health Affairs study used data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) to measure both premiums and expenditures from private health insurance. Both documented and undocumented immigrant groups had positive net contributions, meaning they paid more toward their private insurance coverage than they spent in receiving health services. In contrast, US natives had a negative net contribution, meaning that, per capita, their expenditures on health care were greater than their premiums. Thus, these findings upend the common belief that immigrants are a drain on the US health care system. In reality, immigrants who contribute to Medicare and to private health insurers are subsidizing the health care of US citizens.

Health Status and Access to Health Care of Documented and Undocumented Immigrant Latino Women

2005 ◽  
Vol 26 (10) ◽  
pp. 916-936 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khiya J. Marshall ◽  
Ximena Urrutia-Rojas ◽  
Francisco Soto Mas ◽  
Claudia Coggin
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Undocumented Immigrant ◽  
Latino Women ◽  
Access To Health

“No papers. No doctor”: undocumented immigrant women’s access to maternity care services in Denmark

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
M C Boye ◽  
J K Funge ◽  
H Johnsen ◽  
M Nørredam
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Maternity Care ◽  
Undocumented Immigrants ◽  
Immigrant Women ◽  
Care Facility ◽  
Health Clinic ◽  
Undocumented Immigrant ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Barriers To Access

Abstract Background In Denmark, undocumented immigrants have restricted access to health care including maternity care. Nordic studies describe that undocumented immigrant women face many barriers to access maternity care during pregnancy however, literature in a Danish setting is lacking. This study aims at exploring undocumented immigrant women's experience of and their access to maternity care services in Denmark. Methods The study setting was a non-governmental Health Clinic in Denmark, that provides primary health care, including maternity care, to undocumented immigrants. We recruited 21 undocumented immigrant women, conducted semi-structured interviews from 01.2018 to 01.2019. The data was analyzed through systematic text condensation. Results Undocumented immigrant women experience several barriers to access maternity care services in Denmark. We identified four themes with subthemes. i) Access to public maternity care services; the experiences with public maternity care providers, fear of deportation and concerns about having to pay for care. ii) Use of private and non-governmental maternity care services; the feeling of being safe at the Health Clinic, reaching care is challenged by logistics and choosing to pay for private health care services. iii) Perception of entitlements to care; wishing for a fair treatment, and uncertainty of what to expect when reaching a public health care facility. iv) Being dependent; dependency on the Health Clinic, social support from network and seeking information from other sources. Conclusions Our findings contribute with insights to understand the health behavior of undocumented immigrant women. Accessing public maternity care services is, apart from legal restrictions, dominated by fear of being reported to the immigration authorities, concerns about payment, and the management of rules from the health provider's perspective. Many of them depend on the Health Clinic as well as their personal networks for care and protection. Key messages Undocumented immigrant women face many barriers to access maternity care services. Inclusive policies for access to maternity care are needed to safeguard the health of the women and children.

Malpractice & Negligence: Cal. Supreme Court Clarifies Negligence Provisions under State’s Elder Abuse Act

1999 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-203
Author(s):  
Kendra Carlson
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Supreme Court ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Elder Abuse ◽  
Skilled Nursing Facility ◽  
Pressure Sores ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Nursing Facility ◽  
Skilled Nursing ◽  
The Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of California held, in Delaney v. Baker, 82 Cal. Rptr. 2d 610 (1999), that the heightened remedies available under the Elder Abuse Act (Act), Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code, §§ 15657,15657.2 (West 1998), apply to health care providers who engage in reckless neglect of an elder adult. The court interpreted two sections of the Act: (1) section 15657, which provides for enhanced remedies for reckless neglect; and (2) section 15657.2, which limits recovery for actions based on “professional negligence.” The court held that reckless neglect is distinct from professional negligence and therefore the restrictions on remedies against health care providers for professional negligence are inapplicable.Kay Delaney sued Meadowood, a skilled nursing facility (SNF), after a resident, her mother, died. Evidence at trial indicated that Rose Wallien, the decedent, was left lying in her own urine and feces for extended periods of time and had stage I11 and IV pressure sores on her ankles, feet, and buttocks at the time of her death.

A Tribute to the Late William J. Curran

1996 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 274-275
Author(s):  
O. Lawrence ◽  
J.D. Gostin
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Harvard University ◽  
Legal Medicine ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
International Institute ◽  
University Professor

In the summer of 1979, a group of experts on law, medicine, and ethics assembled in Siracusa, Sicily, under the auspices of the International Commission of Jurists and the International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Science, to draft guidelines on the rights of persons with mental illness. Sitting across the table from me was a quiet, proud man of distinctive intelligence, William J. Curran, Frances Glessner Lee Professor of Legal Medicine at Harvard University. Professor Curran was one of the principal drafters of those guidelines. Many years later in 1991, after several subsequent re-drafts by United Nations (U.N.) Rapporteur Erica-Irene Daes, the text was adopted by the U.N. General Assembly as the Principles for the Protection of Persons with Mental Illness and for the Improvement of Mental Health Care. This was the kind of remarkable achievement in the field of law and medicine that Professor Curran repeated throughout his distinguished career.

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