Abstract
Federal and State Policies Affecting Immigrant Access to Health Care.
Highlights
Unauthorized immigrants have been excluded from participation in the Affordable Care Act (ACA).[4]
There is evidence that state immigration policies have had a chilling effect on health-seeking behaviors
The enactment of Arizona Senate Bill 1070, which empowered law enforcement to verify immigration status if a person was suspected to lack authorization, resulted in decreased likelihood of using preventive health care and public assistance by pregnant women and girls and mothers of Mexican origin, even if they were born in the US.[9]
Summary
Immigration continues to be the focus of much public debate at both the state and federal levels in the US.[1] Recent debate has focused on litigation surrounding the Trump administration’s new interpretation and planned enforcement of the public charge rule for current or former immigrants who apply for permanent residency (ie, green cards). The public charge rule states that immigrants are ineligible for green cards if they are “likely at any time to become a public charge,”2(p41292) which means receiving public assistance for longer than 12 months. Immigrants falling within the public charge rule will be ineligible for changes in immigration status or extensions of their stay.[2] Until recently, the revised public charge rule was delayed by litigation. Author affiliations and article information are listed at the end of this article
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